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Lasionycta perplexa

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Lasionycta perplexa
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. perplexa
Binomial name
Lasionycta perplexa
(Smith, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Scotogramma perplexa Smith, 1888
  • Lasionycta perplexa McDunnough, 1938
  • Anytus marloffi Dyar, 1922
  • Lasionycta marloffi McDunnough, 1938
  • Lasionycta alberta Barnes & Benjamin, 1923

Lasionycta perplexa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widely distributed from southern Alaska and Yukon in the north to California, Utah, and Colorado in the South. A disjunct population is found on the east coast of Hudson Bay at Kuujjuaraapik.

The habitat is conifer forest.

The wingspan is 33–35 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June through August.

The larvae feed on Alnus species.

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