Drasteria pallescens

Drasteria pallescens
Drasteria pallescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. pallescens
Binomial name
Drasteria pallescens
(Grote & Robinson, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Aedia pallescens Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Melipotis tenella H. Edwards, 1881
  • Synedoida pallescens (Grote & Robinson, 1866)

The Cowhead Arches (Drasteria pallescens) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Texas and Baja California.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing in June in the north. Probably earlier southward.

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