Psammopolia insolens

Psammopolia insolens
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Psammopolia
Species:	P. insolens
Binomial name
Psammopolia insolens (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Dianthoecia insolens Grote, 1874a Mamestra insolens Smith, 1893a Lasionycta insolens McDunnough, 1938 Taeniocampa earina Morrison, 1874 Mamestra earina Smith, 1893a Lasionycta earina McDunnough, 1938

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.

Adults are on wing in May and from mid-September through October.

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