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Rosy dart
Diarsia rosaria rosaria 04.jpg
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Agrotis rosaria Grote, 1878
  • Diarsia pseudorosaria Hardwick, 1950
  • Diarsia freemani Hardwick, 1950

The rosy dart (Diarsia rosaria) 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
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