Psammopolia arietis

Psammopolia arietis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches from Mendocino, California to south-western Alaska. It is absent from the inland Strait of Georgia.^[1]

Psammopolia arietis
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Psammopolia
Species:	P. arietis
Binomial name
Psammopolia arietis (Grote, 1879)
Synonyms
Mamestra arietis Grote, 1879 Lasionycta arietis McDunnough, 1938 Anarta etacta Smith in Dyar, 1900

Adults are on wing from late July to early September.

The larvae live in sand dunes and feed on Lathyrus littoralis, Polygonum paronychia, Abronia latifolia and an unspecified grass.^[1][2]