Psammopolia insolens
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Psammopolia |
| Species: | P. insolens |
| Binomial name | |
| Psammopolia insolens (Grote, 1874) | |
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Psammopolia insolens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches in central California from Carmel to Bodega Bay, Sonoma County. Most specimens are from near San Francisco.[1]
Adults are on wing in May and from mid-September through October.
References
- ^ Crabo, Lars G.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2009-12-18). 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. PenSoft Publishers LTD. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-954-642-523-2.