Anarta nigrolunata

Anarta nigrolunata is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1867. It is found in the Arctic and alpine regions of the United States and Canada.^[1]

Anarta nigrolunata
Anarta nigrolunata, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Anarta
Species:	A. nigrolunata
Binomial name
Anarta nigrolunata Packard, 1867
Synonyms
Hadula nigrolunata

Anarta melanopa was considered a synonym of Hadula nigrolunata, but J. Donald Lafontaine and James T. Troubridge state that there are "numerous consistent differences that warrant recognizing them as separate species".^[2]