Drasteria graphica

Drasteria graphica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Drasteria
Species: D. graphica
Binomial name
Drasteria graphica
Synonyms
  • Euclidia capiticola Walker, 1858
  • Syneda media Morrison, 1875
  • Syneda faceta H. Edwards, 1881
  • Syneda graphica
  • Drasteria graphica atlantica Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Drasteria graphica (graphic moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the coastal dunes from Maine to Florida, west to Mississippi. It is also found along the shores of the Great Lakes in Michigan and Wisconsin. The atlantica subspecies is listed as threatened in Connecticut.[2]

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August and fly during the day.

Larvae consume Hudsonia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ David L. Wagner, Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America p. 151, 2011


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