Lasionycta quadrilunata

Lasionycta quadrilunata
	Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. quadrilunata
Binomial name
	Lasionycta quadrilunata; (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
	Anarta quadrilunata Grote, 1874b; Lasiestra quadrilunata McDunnough 1938; Lasionycta quadrilunata Lafontaine et al. 1986; Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona Lafontaine, 1986;

Lasionycta quadrilunata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-central Alaska down the spine of the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.

It flies over scree tundra and is diurnal.

Adults are on wing from mid-July to early August.

Subspecies

Lasionycta quadrilunata quadrilunata (mountains of Colorado)
Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona (Alaska Range, southwestern Yukon, the Alberta Rocky Mountains, and the Beartooth Plateau in Montana)

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