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Lasionycta phoca

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Lasionycta phoca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. phoca
Binomial name
Lasionycta phoca
(Möschler, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Dianthoecia phoca Möschler, 1864
  • Scotogramma phoca Smith, 1893a
  • Lasiestra phoca Hampson, 1905
  • Lasionycta phoca Lafontaine et al., 1986
  • Scotogramma albinuda Smith, 1903
  • Lasionycta albinuda McDunnough, 1938

Lasionycta phoca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in eastern and central Canada with records from Labrador to the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Adults fly over tundra, are diurnal and nocturnal, and come to light.

Adults are on wing in June and July.

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