Drasteria inepta

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Drasteria inepta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. inepta
Binomial name
Drasteria inepta
(H. Edwards, 1881) [1]
Synonyms
  • Synenoida ineptaH. Edwards, 1881
  • Synenoida morbosaH. Edwards, 1881
  • Syneda violescensHampson, 1926

Drasteria inepta, the inept drasteria, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Arizona to Texas, north to Colorado and Utah.

The wingspan is 35–43 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria inepta (Edwards 1881)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.