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Psammopolia arietis

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Psammopolia arietis
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Psammopolia
Species:
P. arietis
Binomial name
Psammopolia arietis
(Grote, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Mamestra arietis Grote, 1879
  • Lasionycta arietis McDunnough, 1938
  • Anarta etacta Smith in Dyar, 1900

Psammopolia arietis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches from Mendocino, California to south-western Alaska. It is absent from the inland Strait of Georgia.[1]

Adults are on wing from late July to early September.

The larvae live in sand dunes and feed on Lathyrus littoralis, Polygonum paronychia, Abronia latifolia and an unspecified grass.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Crabo, Lars; Lafontaine, Donald (2009-12-18). "A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote". ZooKeys (30): 1–156. Bibcode:2009ZooK...30....1C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.30.308. ISSN 1313-2970.
  2. ^ "PNW Moths | Psammopolia arietis". pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-26.