Psammopolia wyatti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Psammopolia |
Species: | P. wyatti |
Binomial name | |
Psammopolia wyatti (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926) |
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Psammopolia wyatti is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It occurs from southern Oregon to the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.
Adults fly over sand beaches, are nocturnal, and come to light.
Adults are on wing from late May to early September.
The larvae feed on Polygonum paronychia, Abronia latifolia, Tanacetum camphoratum and grass.