Drasteria hudsonica

Drasteria hudsonica
Drasteria hudsonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. hudsonica
Binomial name
Drasteria hudsonica
(Grote & Robinson, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Syneda hudsonica Grote & Robinson, 1865
  • Synedoida hudsonica (Grote & Robinson, 1865)

The Northern Arches (Drasteria hudsonica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Alaska and Yukon to California, east to New Mexico and Manitoba.

The wingspan is 35-36 mm. Adults are on wing in June in the north. The flight period is earlier southward.

The larvae feed on Shepherdia canadensis.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria hudsonica hudsonica
  • Drasteria hudsonica heathi
  • Drasteria hudsonica seposita (Colorado, Utah)

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