Drasteria fumosa

Smoky arches
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. fumosa
Binomial name
	Drasteria fumosa; (Strecker, 1898)
Synonyms
	Syneda fumosaStrecker, 1898 ; Synedoida fumosa; Synedoida fumosa brunneifasciataBarnes & McDunnough 1916 ;

Last updated August 31, 2025

Drasteria fumosa, the smoky arches, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Herman Strecker in 1898.^[1] It is found from the US state of California east to Utah and Texas.

The wingspan is 34–43 mm. Adults are on wing in summer.

References

↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria fumosa (Strecker 1898)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

External links

McLeod, Robin (June 12, 2018). "Species Drasteria fumosa - Smoky Arches - Hodges#8629". BugGuide. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
"930901.00 – 8629 – Drasteria fumosa – Smoky Arches Moth – (Strecker, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria fumosa (Strecker 1898)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

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