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Drasteria scrupulosa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Drasteria scrupulosa is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. The habitat consists of open sagebrush steppes.

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The forewings are light grey, with variable darker brown grey near the reniform and distal to the postmedial line. The hindwings are pale slightly brownish white with a dirty grey discal spot, veins and incomplete marginal band. Adults have been recorded on wing in July and August in California.

References

Drasteria scrupulosa Wikipedia