Lasionycta carolynae
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Lasionycta carolynae is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in the Ogilvie and Richardson Mountains in Yukon
.
It is diurnal and flies over shale scree slopes. Adults feed on Dryas octopetala
and Silene acaulis in the Ogilvie Mountains
and a Saxifraga species in the Richardson Mountains
.
The wingspan
is 30–32 mm for males and 33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late June and early July.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in the Ogilvie and Richardson Mountains in Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
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It is diurnal and flies over shale scree slopes. Adults feed on Dryas octopetala
Dryas octopetala
Dryas octopetala is an arctic-alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a small prostrate evergreen subshrub forming large colonies, and is a popular flower in rock gardens...
and Silene acaulis in the Ogilvie Mountains
Ogilvie Mountains
The Ogilvie Mountains are a mountain range in the Yukon Territory that lie north of Dawson City and are crossed by the Dempster Highway. The best known mountains are part of the Tombstone Territorial Park ....
and a Saxifraga species in the Richardson Mountains
Richardson Mountains
The Richardson Mountains are a mountain range located west of the mouth of the Mackenzie River in northern Yukon, Canada. They parallel the northernmost part of the boundary of the Yukon and Northwest Territories....
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The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 30–32 mm for males and 33 mm for females. Adults are on wing from late June and early July.