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Drasteria graphica

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Drasteria graphica, the graphic moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.^[1] It is found in the United States in coastal dunes from Maine to Florida, west to Mississippi. It is also found along the shores of the Great Lakes in Michigan and Wisconsin. Subspecies D. g. atlantica is listed as threatened in Connecticut.^[2]

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August and fly during the day.

Larvae consume Hudsonia.^[3]

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria graphica Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0691150420.

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Drasteria graphica, the graphic moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found in the United States in coastal dunes from Maine to Florida, west to Mississippi. It is also found along the shores of the Great Lakes in Michigan and Wisconsin. Subspecies D. g. atlantica is listed as threatened in Connecticut.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August and fly during the day.

Larvae consume Hudsonia.