Drasteria perplexa

Drasteria perplexa, the perplexing or perplexed arches, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1884.^[1][2] It is found in North America from Alberta and Saskatchewan south to Colorado and Arizona.

Drasteria perplexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. perplexa
Binomial name
Drasteria perplexa (H. Edwards, 1884)
Synonyms
Syneda perplexa H. Edwards, 1884 Synedoida perplexa (H. Edwards, 1884)

The wingspan is 29– 33 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.