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Species Drasteria walshi - Hodges#8630.2

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Drasteria walshi - female Moth - Drasteria walshi Drasteria walshi Drasteria walshi Arizona Moth - Drasteria walshi Drasteria walshi Arizona Moth - Drasteria walshi Arizona Moth - Drasteria walshi
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Melipotini
Genus Drasteria
Species walshi (Drasteria walshi - Hodges#8630.2)

Hodges Number

8630.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Drasteria walshi Metlevski, 2009 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930904 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet in honor of Dr. J. Bruce Walsh, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson. (1)

Size

Forewing length 19–23 mm. (1)

Range

Arizona, Pinaleno Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains. (1)

Season

Metlevski (2009) reported adults from May to June. (1)

Food

Larval host plant is unknown. (1)

See Also

Drasteria tejonica is smaller and has a bolder black pattern on the hindwings.
Drasteria divergens

Print References

Metlevski, J. & G. Zolnerowich, 2009. A new species of Drasteria Hübner (Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Melipotini) from Arizona, with comments on the genus. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 63(1): 5, figs. 4-9, 18-20. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Works Cited

1.A new species of Drasteria Hübner (Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Melipotini) from Arizona, with comments on the genus.
Jan Metlevski, Gregory Zolnerowich. 2009. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 63(1): 1–10.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 June, 2013 - 3:48pm
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 2:30pm

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