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Psammopolia insolens

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Species of moth

Psammopolia insolens
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Psammopolia
Species: P. insolens
Binomial name
Psammopolia insolens
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Dianthoecia insolens Grote, 1874a
  • Mamestra insolens Smith, 1893a
  • Lasionycta insolens McDunnough, 1938
  • Taeniocampa earina Morrison, 1874
  • Mamestra earina Smith, 1893a
  • Lasionycta earina McDunnough, 1938

Psammopolia insolens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches in central California from Carmel to Bodega Bay, Sonoma County. Most specimens are from near San Francisco.

Adults are on wing in May and from mid-September through October.

References

  1. Crabo, Lars G.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2009-12-18). 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. PenSoft Publishers LTD. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-954-642-523-2.
Taxon identifiers
Psammopolia insolens
Lasionycta insolens


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