Lasionycta impingens
Introduction '''''Lasionycta impingens''''' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. 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)
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