Biology:Diarsia rubifera

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Short description: Species of moth

Diarsia rubifera
Diarsia rubifera.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diarsia
Species:
D. rubifera
Binomial name
Diarsia rubifera
(Grote, 1875)
Synonyms
  • (Strand, 1916) Grote, 1875
  • (Dyar, 1904) Noctua cynica
  • Agrotis rubifera Smith, 1898
  • Noctua perversa Diarsia rubifera perumbrosa

Diarsia rubifera, the red dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from coast to coast and from central and southern Canada and the northern United States . In the east it occurs as far south as western North Carolina, and in the west it has been recorded from south-western Montana and south-western Colorado. It has been recently recorded from Tennessee .

The wingspan is about 29 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5271976 entry