Drasteria perplexa
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Drasteria |
Species: | D. perplexa
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Binomial name | |
Drasteria perplexa (H. Edwards, 1884)
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 19, 2020). "Drasteria perplexa (H. Edwards, 1884)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria perplexa (Edwards 1884)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Drasteria perplexa at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Drasteria perplexa at Wikispecies
- "Species Details Drasteria perplexa". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- McLeod, Robin (April 6, 2014). "Species Drasteria perplexa - Perplexed Arches - Hodges#8635". BugGuide. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "930909.00 – 8635 – Drasteria perplexa – Perplexed Arches Moth – (Edwards, 1884)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 22, 2019.