Drasteria adumbrata

Drasteria adumbrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. adumbrata
Binomial name
	Drasteria adumbrata; (Behr, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
	Syneda adumbrata Behr, 1870; Synedoida adumbrata (Behr, 1870); Syneda alleni Grote, 1877; Syneda saxea Edwards, 1881;

Drasteria adumbrata, the shadowy arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from coast to coast in southern Canada, south in the west to California and Colorado, south in the east to New England and Michigan. Subspecies alleni is found from eastern Alberta to New York and Nova Scotia. Subspecies saxea occurs from southern British Columbia and south-west Alberta south to California and Colorado.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing in summer.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium angustifolium and probably other Vaccinium species. It has also been recorded on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.

Subspecies

Drasteria adumbrata adumbrata
Drasteria adumbrata alleni (Grote, 1877) (eastern North America, reaching as far west as Alberta)
Drasteria adumbrata saxea (Edwards, 1881) (from southern Alberta and British Columbia to California and Colorado)

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