Drasteria perplexa

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Drasteria perplexa
Perplexing Arches, Drasteria perplexa -26344, det. J.A. Comstock, South Rim Grand Canyon, Arizona. 16 June 1941, Louis Schellbach III (49553214872).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. perplexa
Binomial name
Drasteria perplexa
(H. Edwards, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Syneda perplexaH. Edwards, 1884
  • Synedoida perplexa(H. Edwards, 1884)

Drasteria perplexa, the perplexing or perplexed arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1884. [1] [2] It is found in North America from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Colorado and Arizona.

The wingspan is 29– 33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (June 19, 2020). "Drasteria perplexa (H. Edwards, 1884)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria perplexa (Edwards 1884)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.