Lasionycta perplexa

Lasionycta perplexa
Male
Female
Scientific 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.

External links

• 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
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