Drasteria walshi

Drasteria walshi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is endemic to the Pinaleño Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains in southern Arizona. The length of the forewings is 19–23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.

Drasteria walshi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. walshi
Binomial name
Drasteria walshi
Metlevski, 2009[1]

Etymology

The species is named for Dr. J. Bruce Walsh of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.[2]

References


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