Biology:Drasteria perplexa

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Short description: Species of moth

Drasteria perplexa
Perplexing Arches, Drasteria perplexa -26344, det. J.A. Comstock, South Rim Grand Canyon, Arizona. 16 June 1941, Louis Schellbach III (49553214872).jpg
Scientific classification edit
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 perplexa H. 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.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5305915 entry