- Drasteria adumbrata
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Drasteria adumbrata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Noctuidae Genus: Drasteria Species: D. adumbrata Binomial name Drasteria adumbrata
(Behr, 1870)Synonyms - Syneda adumbrata Behr, 1870
- Synedoida adumbrata (Behr, 1870)
The Shadowy Arches (Drasteria adumbrata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in southern Canada, south in the west to California and Colorado, south in the east to New England and Michigan. Subspecies alleni is found from eastern Alberta to New York and Nova Scotia. Subspecies saxea occurs from southern British Columbia and south-west Alberta south to California and Colorado.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing in summer.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium angustifolium and probably other Vaccinium species. It has also been recorded on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
Subspecies
- Drasteria adumbrata adumbrata
- Drasteria adumbrata alleni (eastern North America, reaching as far west as Alberta)
- Drasteria adumbrata saxea (from southern Alberta and British Columbia to California and Colorado)
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