Species Details

Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »

Common NameCowhead Arches SeasonalityAdults are on the wing in June. IdentificationWing base and thorax reddish-brown, antemedian band broad and joined to reniform patch. The only Drasteria in Alberta without black markings in the basal half of the hindwing (black discal crescent absent). Black PM band broadly joined to marginal band.

Scientific Name Drasteria pallescens Common Name Cowhead Arches Habitat Occurs in prairie badlands in Alberta. Seasonality Adults are on the wing in June. Identification
Wing base and thorax reddish-brown, antemedian band broad and joined to reniform patch. The only Drasteria in Alberta without black markings in the basal half of the hindwing (black discal crescent absent). Black PM…
Wing base and thorax reddish-brown, antemedian band broad and joined to reniform patch. The only Drasteria in Alberta without black markings in the basal half of the hindwing (black discal crescent absent). Black PM band broadly joined to marginal band.
Life History Adults come to light. Conservation Few records, restricted to prairie badlands. Diet Info The larval hostplants are unknown. Range Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Texas and Baja California (Richards 1939).

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"Species Details - Drasteria pallescens, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2913. Accessed 07 Dec. 2024.

Specimen Information

There are 31 specimens of this Species.

31 results plotted on map in 10 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM19678 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2000-06-28/2000-06-29

UASM19945 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2000-06-28/2000-06-29

UASM34538 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J. Date Collected2000-06-28/2000-06-29

UASM34837 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J. Date Collected2000-06-28/2000-06-29

UASM57253 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Taber Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2004-06-21

UASM57254 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Taber Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2004-06-21

UASM58708 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2005-06-15

UASM57620 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2005-06-15

UASM57621 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss Collected ByAnweiler, G. G. Date Collected2005-06-15

UASM58957 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J. Date Collected2005-09-03

UASM185715 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected2000-03-28/2000-03-29

UASM185716 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected1999-05-12/1999-05-13

UASM185717 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected1999-05-12/1999-05-13

UASM185718 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected1999-05-12/1999-05-13

UASM185719 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected1999-05-12/1999-05-13

UASM185720 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected1999-05-12/1999-05-13

UASM185721 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected2000-03-28/2000-03-29

UASM185722 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected2000-03-28/2000-03-29

UASM185723 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected2000-03-28/2000-03-29

UASM185724 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected2000-03-28/2000-03-29

UASM185725 - Drasteria pallescens

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Grant county, Mangas Springs Collected ByFerris, C. D. Date Collected2000-04-04/2000-04-05

Adult Seasonal Distribution