Drasteria petricola

Drasteria petricola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. petricola
Binomial name
Drasteria petricola (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
Euclidia petricola Walker, 1858 Syneda petricola (Walker, 1858) Synedoida petricola (Walker, 1858) Syneda athabasca Neumoegen, 1883 Syneda crokeri Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

Drasteria petricola, the little arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858.^[1] It is found in western North America from Yukon and the Northwest Territories south to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains, east to Manitoba.

The wingspan is about 34 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Hedysarum species. Adults feed on the nectar of flowers, including mint in Utah.

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria petricola (Walker 1858)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

Subspecies

• Drasteria petricola petricola
• Drasteria petricola athabasca (Neumoegen, 1883) (mountains of British Columbia)
• Drasteria petricola crokeri (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) (prairie populations)

External links

• Schmidt, B. C. (April 2003). "Species Details Drasteria petricola". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
• Roberts, Jason D. (May 5, 2013). "Species Drasteria petricola - Little Arches - Hodges#8631". BugGuide. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
• "930905.00 – 8631 – Drasteria petricola – Little Arches Moth – (Walker, 1858)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 22, 2019.