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
Author
Crabo, Lars
Washington State University, Bellingham, United States of America
Author
Lafontaine, Donald
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Lasionycta conjugata
(Smith)
Figs 10, 141, 199. Map 3
Scotogramma conjugata
Smith, 1899: 41
.
Lasionycta conjugata
;
McDunnough 1938: 71
.
Type
material.
Lectotype
♁ [
USNM
, examined]. Type locality:
Garfi
eld
County
,
Colorado
, [
USA
].
Th
e
lectotype
was designated by
Todd (1982: 54)
.
Diagnosis
.
Lasionycta conjugata
has a pale-gray forewing with jet-black lines, spots, and bars between the claviform spot and postmedial line and orbicular and reniform spots. It occurs to the south of the range of
L
.
fergusoni
. Th is species is similar but its forewing is darker blue gray and lacks the black bars. Th e antennal segments of
L
.
conjugata
are triangular whereas those of
L
.
fergusoni
are T-shaped with narrow distal segments. The flange of the digitus is less prominent in
L
.
conjugata
than in
L
.
fergusoni
. Th e female genitalia are similar.
Th e CO1 sequences of
L
.
conjugata
and
L
.
fergusoni
differ by at least 1.7 %.
Distribution
and biology.
Lasionycta conjugata
occurs in the Rocky Mountains from central
Utah
and
Colorado
north to the Beartooth Plateau on the Montana-Wyoming border. It flies in subalpine forests and is nocturnal. Adults have been collected from early July to late August.