Biology:Drasteria pallescens

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Short description: Species of moth

Drasteria pallescens
Paler Graphic, Drasteria pallescens -26340, Grand Canyon Village, Grand Canyon, Arizona. 8 July 1951, Louis Schellbach III (49553061026).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. pallescens
Binomial name
Drasteria pallescens
(Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Aedia pallescens Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Melipotis tenella H. Edwards, 1881
  • Synedoida pallescens (Grote & Robinson, 1866)

Drasteria pallescens, the cowhead arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1866.[1] It is found in North America from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Texas and Baja California.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing in June in the north. Probably earlier southward.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5305912 entry