Psammopolia wyatti

Psammopolia wyatti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Psammopolia
Species: P. wyatti
Binomial name
Psammopolia wyatti
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Polia wyatti Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
  • Lasionycta wyatti McDunnough, 1938

Psammopolia wyatti is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It occurs from southern Oregon to the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

Adults fly over sand beaches, are nocturnal, and come to light.

Adults are on wing from late May to early September.

The larvae feed on Polygonum paronychia, Abronia latifolia, Tanacetum camphoratum and grass.


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