- Lasionycta impingens
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Lasionycta impingens 
Lasionycta impingens impingens male 
Lasionycta impingens impingens female Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Lasionycta Species: L. impingens Binomial name Lasionycta impingens
(Walker, 1857)Synonyms - Anarta impingens Walker, 1857
- Lasiestra impingens McDunnough, 1938
- Lasionycta impingens Lafontaine et al., 1986
- Mamestra curta Morrison, 1875a
- Anarta curta Dyar, 1903
- Lasiestra impingens curta McDunnough, 1938
- Orthosia perpura Morrison, 1875b
- Anarta perpura Dyar, 1903
- Lasiestra perpura McDunnough, 1938
- Anarta nivaria Grote, 1876
- Lasiestra nivaria McDunnough, 1938
Lasionycta impingens is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It occurs from southern Yukon to Colorado.
Lasionycta impingens curta
It is diurnal. Adults are common in alpine tundra. It feeds on nectar of a Penstemon species on the Beartooth Plateau, Montana, as well as on Mertensia paniculata and a Senecio, likely Senecio lugens at Pink Mountain, British Columbia.
Adults are on wing in July and August.
Subspecies
- Lasionycta impingens impingens (from southern Yukon southward in the Rocky Mountains to southern British Columbia and Alberta, and in southwestern British Columbia at Pavilion north of Lillooet)
- Lasionycta impingens curta (in the Rocky Mountains from southern Montana to Colorado)
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