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Drasteria walshi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Drasteria walshi is a moth of the Erebidae family.

It is endemic to the Pinaleño Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains in southern Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 19–23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

Etymology

The species is named for Dr. J. Bruce Walsh of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.

References

Drasteria walshi Wikipedia