Lasionycta subdita

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| taxon = Lasionycta subdita

| authority = (Möschler, 1860)

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  • Dianthoecia subdita Möschler, 1860
  • Mamestra subdita Smith 1893a
  • Lasionycta subdita McDunnough, 1938
  • Anarta membrosa Morrison, 1875a
  • Anarta membranosa Smith, 1893a (misspelling)
  • Lasionycta membrosa McDunnough, 1938

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal |last1=Crabo |first1=Lars |last2=Lafontaine |first2=Donald |title=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 |journal=ZooKeys |date=18 December 2009 |volume=30 |pages=17–18 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.30.308 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40714220_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_Trich |access-date=28 November 2024}}

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Lasionycta subdita is a moth species of the family Noctuidae, first described in 1860 by Heinrich Benno Möschler (as Dianthoecia subdita). Its MONA number is 10356.{{cite web |title=Moth Photographers Group – Lasionycta subdita – 10356 |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10356 |website=mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu |access-date=28 November 2024}}

Distribution

The species occurs in north-eastern North America, where it has a mostly subarctic distribution across two disconnected ranges: one from Labrador, Quebec and Ontario to the western shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, and another limited to New Hampshire's White Mountains.

Behavior

Adult specimens attracted to light and recorded in July.

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