Drasteria fumosa

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Drasteria fumosa
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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

Drasteria fumosa, the smoky arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by 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.

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References

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