Lacanobia thalassina, the pale-shouldered brocade, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

nigrifusa nov. [Warren] is wholly suffused with black, the orbicular stigma and traces of outer and submarginal lines remaining pale grey.

Larva green or reddish yellow, with two dark oblique stripes on each segment, with two dark spots or blotches in front of them; lateral lines pale grey with red edges.

The larvae feed on various deciduous trees and plants: Betula sp., Alnus incana, Salix sp., Polygonum spp., Chenopodium album, Delphinium sp., Berberis sp., Brassica spp., Rubus idaeus, Sorbus aucuparia, Pisum sativum.

[5] Found in very different habitats - forest, meadow, heath and moorland areas as well as in urban gardens and parks.