Drasteria walshi
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Melipotini |
| Genus: | Drasteria |
| Species: | D. walshi |
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| Drasteria walshi Metlevski, 2009[1] | |
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.[2]
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