Drasteria howlandii

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. howlandii
Binomial name
Drasteria howlandii
(Grote, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syneda howlandii Grote, 1864
  • Syneda exquisita Hampson, 1926
  • Synedoida howlandi Grote, 1864

Drasteria howlandii is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from British Columbia and Saskatchewan south through the western parts of the United States from Washington south to Arizona and Texas.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from March to September.

The larvae feed on Eriogonum species.

References

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