Lasionycta anthracina Crabo & Lafontaine 2009, sp. n.

• Main Authors: Crabo, Lars, Lafontaine, Donald
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Lasionycta; Lasionycta anthracina; Fort McMurray; Canada; St. Louis; Stearns; Black Sturgeon; Cartwright
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3790228; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3790228

Lasionycta anthracina Crabo & Lafontaine, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4B1035B4-8962-48D0-9DD6-09701403151B Figs 33, 150, 206. Map 7 Type Material. Holotype ♁. Canada, Quebec, St-Michel des Saints, Lac Dussault, 47°00.09 N, 73°53.67 W, D. Handfield, 25 juin 2004, Mercure de Sabloneux, Tourbiére, MONA: 10355; DH005607, Lasionycta albinuda, Sexe: Male, Forme: typique, Databased for CNC; Noctuoidea #6454, Barcodes of Life Project, University of Guelph, DNA# Noctuoidea 6454. CNC. Paratypes 10 ♁, 3 ♀. Canada. Alberta. Fort McMurray, 12 June 1953, Slide No. 8528 (1 ♁); Labrador. Cartwright, 10 Aug. 1955, E. E. Stearns/ PAPILLONS DU QUEBEC ET DU LABRADOR; Louis Handfield- Ed. Broquet- phot -1995 (1 ♁). Ontario. Black Sturgeon Lake, 27 June 1963 (1 ♁); Hymers, 9 Aug. 1911, H. Dawson (1 ♀); Th under Bay Area, 28 June 1993, 12 July 1993, J. P. Walas, (2 ♁). Quebec: Baie Comeau, 54°47’ N 66°47’ W, 1 July 1948, E. G. Munroe / PAPILLONS DU QUEBEC ET DU LABRADOR; Louis Handfield - Ed. Broquet- phot -1995 (1 ♁); same locality, date, and collector (1 ♀); Cap-de-la- Madeleine, 25 July 1954, 14–344, Fernand St. Louis (1 ♁); Forestville, 7 July 1950, R. deRuette (1 ♁); Granby, 31 July 1940, P. E. Mercier (1 ♁); Lac Mondor, Ste. Flore, 25 June 1951, E. G. Munroe (1 ♀). USA, New Hampshire. Mt Washington, Lake of the Clouds, 5000’, 2 Aug. 1954, Becker, Munroe, and Mason (1 ♁). CNC, LGC, UASM. Etymology. The name anthracina is derived from anthracinus meaning coal-black in Latin. It refers to the black color of this moth. Diagnosis. Lasionycta anthracina is a small (forewing length 10–13 mm) nearly black species from the boreal forest zone of eastern and central Canada and northeastern United States. It is structurally similar to L. leucocycla except for large eyes and slightly more slender male valves. Other L. leucocycla sub-group species in its range, L. leucocycla and L. flanda, have light-colored hindwings. Lasionycta anthracina is most similar to L. coracina from far northwestern North America and can be told from it by ...