Drasteria hudsonica, the northern arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1865.[1] It is found from Alaska and Yukon to California, east to New Mexico and Manitoba.

Drasteria hudsonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. hudsonica
Binomial name
Drasteria hudsonica
(Grote & Robinson, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Syneda hudsonica Grote & Robinson, 1865
  • Synedoida hudsonica (Grote & Robinson, 1865)
  • Syneda heathi Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
  • Syneda pedionis Hampson, 1926
  • Syneda seposita Edwards, 1881

The wingspan is 35–36 mm. Adults are on wing in June in the north. The flight period is earlier southward.

The larvae feed on Shepherdia canadensis.

Subspecies

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  • Drasteria hudsonica hudsonica
  • Drasteria hudsonica heathi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
  • Drasteria hudsonica seposita (Edwards, 1881) (Colorado, Utah)

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria hudsonica (Grote & Robinson 1865)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
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