Published December 18, 2009 | Version v1
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Lasionycta staudingeri subsp. preblei

  • 1. Washington State University, Bellingham, United States of America
  • 2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Description

Lasionycta staudingeri preblei (Benjamin)

Figs 47–49, 163, 219. Map 13

Anarta preblei Benjamin, 1933: 59.

Subspecies preblei has a Holarctic distribution, occurring across northern North America from Baffi n Island to western Alaska and southward to 60° North. Its range extends into northeastern Siberia at least as far as the Kolyma River. Th e forewing has a more mottled pattern than subspecies staudingeri with patches of yellow-green shading on the dark-gray ground color; in staudingeri the forewing is mainly dark blackish gray with the maculation highlighted in white.

Notes

Published as part of Crabo, Lars & Lafontaine, Donald, 2009, 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, pp. 1-156 in ZooKeys 30 (30) on page 60, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.30.308, http://zenodo.org/record/576576

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Lasionycta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Benjamin
Species
preblei
Taxon rank
subSpecies

References

  • Benjamin FH (1933) Notes on Phalaenidae from arctic America supplemented with material from high altitudes. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 9: 53 - 62.