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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Coastal Graphic being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Drasteria adumbrata
- Drasteria hudsonica
- Drasteria ingeniculata
- Drasteria howlandii
- Drasteria divergens
- Bulia deducta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Drasteria
- Species
- Drasteria graphica
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