Drasteria perplexa
| Drasteria perplexa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Drasteria |
| Species: | D. perplexa |
| 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
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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.
