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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Melipotini » Drasteria » Drasteria howlandii - Hodges#8639 (Drasteria howlandii)
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Drasteria sp.? - Drasteria howlandii
Copyright © 2011 Alice Abela

Drasteria sp.? - Drasteria howlandii
Chimineas Ranch, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
September 22, 2011
Size: wingspan ~2.5cm
Attracted to mercury vapor light. Light situated adjacent to small landscaped area. Surrounding vegetation = oak savannah and annual grassland

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Contributed by Alice Abela on 23 September, 2011 - 9:23pm
Last updated 4 December, 2018 - 7:39am

Moved
Moved from Drasteria tejonica.

D. tejonica was synonymized with D. howlandii. (1)
… Steve Nanz, 4 December, 2018 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Drasteria howlandii.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 April, 2014 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

I think that is rather a fema
I think that is rather a female of Drasteria tejonica.
… Jan Metlevski , 16 April, 2014 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 25 September, 2011 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

Drasteria howlandii?
Drasteria howlandii is a western species and is the closest match I can find
… Nina, 24 September, 2011 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That does look like a pretty good match
… Alice Abela, 24 September, 2011 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Alice Abela, 23 September, 2011 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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