Diarsia rosaria

Short description: Species of moth

Rosy dart

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Genus:  | Diarsia
Species:  |

D. rosaria

Binomial name
Diarsia rosaria

(Grote, 1878)

Synonyms

* Hardwick, 1950 Grote, 1878
* Diarsia pseudorosaria Agrotis rosaria
* Hardwick, 1950 Diarsia freemani

Diarsia rosaria, the rosy dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Yukon in Canada, south to northern California and eastern Oregon.

It is abundant and widely distributed in wet conifer forests.

Its wingspan is about 30 millimeters (1.2 in). Its larvae feed on various grasses.

## Subspecies

* Diarsia rosaria rosaria (Grote, 1878)
* Diarsia rosaria freemani Hardwick, 1950

## See also

* Xestia oblata – another noctuid known as the rosy dart

## External links

* Images
* Bug Guide

Wikidata ☰ Q5271975 entry

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