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Species Lasionycta coloradensis - Hodges#10337

Lasionycta coloradensis - Hodges #10337 - Lasionycta coloradensis Hadeninae? - Lasionycta coloradensis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Lasionycta
Species coloradensis (Lasionycta coloradensis - Hodges#10337)
Hodges Number
10337
Size
forewing length 12-13 mm (1)
Range
Rocky Mountains from Montana-Wyoming border to New Mexico (1)
See Also
Lasionycta poca has a dark-gray forewing and pale putty-white hindwing. Both wings of coloradenis are brown with the hindwing paler brown. The range for poca is north and west of the range for coloradensis with no overlap. (1)
Lasionycta benjamini medaminosa is similar and is found in Colorado, but it has a less jagged ST line that is usually preceded by series of black chevrons that are absent in coloradensis. (1)
Works Cited
1.A Revision of Lasionycta (Aurivillius) Lepidoptera, Noctuidae for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with ....
Lars G. Crabo, J. Donald Lafontaine. 2009. ZooKeys 30: Special issue.