Drasteria perplexa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Drasteria
- Species
- Drasteria perplexa
- Scientific Name
- Drasteria perplexa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Drasteria perplexa
Drasteria perplexa, the perplexing or perplexed arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1884. 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.
...Drasteria perplexa in languages:
- English
- Perplexing Arches Moth
- English
- Perplexing Arches
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Parent Taxon
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- Drasteria grandirena
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- Drasteria herzi
- Drasteria howlandii
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- Drasteria ingeniculata
- Drasteria kabylaria
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