Psammopolia arietis

Psammopolia arietis
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Psammopolia
Species:	P. arietis
Binomial name
Psammopolia arietis (Grote, 1879)
Synonyms
Mamestra arietis Grote, 1879 Lasionycta arietis McDunnough, 1938 Anarta etacta Smith in Dyar, 1900

Psammopolia arietis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches from Mendocino, California to south-western Alaska. It is absent from the inland Strait of Georgia.

Adults are on wing from late July to early September.

The larvae live in sand dunes and feed on Lathyrus littoralis, Polygonum paronychia, Abronia latifolia and an unspecified grass.

External links

• 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

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