Drasteria scrupulosa

Drasteria scrupulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Drasteria
Species: D. scrupulosa
Binomial name
Drasteria scrupulosa
(H. Edwards, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Synedoida scrupulosa H. Edwards, 1878

Drasteria scrupulosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California,[2] Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah.[3] The habitat consists of open sagebrush steppes.

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The forewings are light grey, with variable darker brown grey near the reniform and distal to the postmedial line. The hindwings are pale slightly brownish white with a dirty grey discal spot, veins and incomplete marginal band. Adults have been recorded on wing in July and August in California.[4]

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