Lasionycta leucocycla Facts for Kids

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Lasionycta leucocycla leucocycla male

Lasionycta leucocycla leucocycla female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. leucocycla
Binomial name
*Lasionycta leucocycla* (Staudinger, 1857)
Synonyms
Anarta leucocycla Staudinger, 1857 Lasiestra leucocycla McDunnough 1938 Anarta leucocycla var. moeschleri Staudinger, 1901 Anarta staudingeri ab. moeschleri Hampson 1905 Anarta staudingeri moeschleri Warren, 1912 Anarta leucocycla moeschleri McDunnough, 1925 Lasiestra leucocycla moeschleri McDunnough, 1938 Lasionycta leucocycla moeschleri Lafontaine et al., 1986 Anarta hampa Smith, 1908 Lasiestra leucocycla hampa McDunnough, 1938 Lasionycta leucocycla hampa Lafontaine et al., 1986 Anarta leucocycla albertensis McDunnough, 1925 Lasiestra leucocycla albertensis McDunnough, 1938 Lasionycta leucocycla albertensis Lafontaine et al., 1986 Lasionycta leucocycla magadanensis Kononenko and Lafontaine, 1986

The Lasionycta leucocycla is a type of moth. It belongs to the Noctuidae family, which are often called "owlet moths." You can find this moth in cold places. These include Scandinavia, Siberia, and northern North America.

About the Moth
- What Moths Eat
- What Larvae Eat
Where They Live: Subspecies
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About the Moth

This moth is quite small. Its wingspan is usually between 22 and 28 millimeters. That's about the length of a small coin.

The Lasionycta leucocycla moths are active during the summer. They typically fly from June to July.

What Moths Eat

Adult moths enjoy drinking nectar. They get their food from different kinds of flowers. Some of their favorite plants include Silene acaulis, Mertensia paniculata, and Senecio species. They probably like Senecio lugens the most.

What Larvae Eat

The young moths, called larvae or caterpillars, have a different diet. They feed on specific plants. Their main food sources are Dryas octopetala and different Astragalus species.

Where They Live: Subspecies

The Lasionycta leucocycla moth has several subspecies. These are like different versions of the same moth. They live in various parts of the world.

Lasionycta leucocycla dovrensis is found in northern Europe.
Lasionycta leucocycla altaica lives in the Altai Mountains.
Lasionycta leucocycla leucocycla is found in arctic North America. This includes Greenland and Ellesmere Island. It also stretches west to northern Yukon.
Lasionycta leucocycla moeschleri lives in eastern Canada. You can find it from Hudson Bay to Labrador. It also lives in arctic islands near Quebec.
Lasionycta leucocycla hampa makes its home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Lasionycta leucocycla albertensis is found in west-central Alaska and central Yukon. It also lives south in the Rocky Mountains. This includes the Beartooth Plateau and the Russian Far East.
Lasionycta leucocycla magadanensis is found in Eurasia.