Lasionycta coracina

Lasionycta coracina
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. coracina
Binomial name
Lasionycta coracina Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009

Lasionycta coracina is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Richardson and British Mountains in northern Yukon, adjacent Northwest Territories, and Cape Thompson in north-western Alaska.

The habitat in the Richardson Mountains is sparsely vegetated gravel tundra slopes with Dryas stripes. The moths are diurnal, most active in the late afternoon and when cloudy.

The wingspan is 23–30 mm for males and 24–31 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late June to early August.

The adults feed on Saxifraga 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