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Drasteria hudsonica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Scientific name
  
Drasteria hudsonica

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Species

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The Northern Arches (Drasteria hudsonica) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Alaska and Yukon to California, east to New Mexico and Manitoba.

The wingspan is 35–36 mm. Adults are on wing in June in the north. The flight period is earlier southward.

The larvae feed on Shepherdia canadensis.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria hudsonica hudsonica
  • Drasteria hudsonica heathi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
  • Drasteria hudsonica seposita (Edwards, 1881) (Colorado, Utah)
  • References

    Drasteria hudsonica Wikipedia