Drasteria petricola

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. petricola
Binomial name
Drasteria petricola
(Walker, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euclidia petricola Walker, 1858
  • Syneda petricola (Walker, 1858)
  • Synedoida petricola (Walker, 1858)
  • Syneda athabasca Neumoegen, 1883
  • Syneda crokeri Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

The Little Arches (Drasteria petricola) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Yukon and the Northwest Territories south to New Mexico in the Rocky mountains, east to Manitoba.

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Hedysarum species. Adults feed on the nectar of flowers, including mint in Utah.

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