Drasteria pallescens

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. pallescens
Binomial name
Drasteria pallescens
(Grote & Robinson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aedia pallescens Grote & Robinson, 1866
  • Melipotis tenella H. Edwards, 1881
  • Synedoida pallescens (Grote & Robinson, 1866)

The Cowhead Arches (Drasteria pallescens) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Texas and Baja California.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing in June in the north. Probably earlier southward.

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