Diarsia jucunda, the smaller pinkish dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Newfoundland and central Ontario, west to northern Michigan and Wisconsin, south to Ohio. In the Appalachians it is found as far south as North Carolina. It has been recently recorded from Tennessee.

Diarsia jucunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Diarsia
Species:
D. jucunda
Binomial name
Diarsia jucunda
(Walker, [1857])
Synonyms
  • Graphiphora jucunda Walker, 1857
  • Agrotis perconflua Grote, 1876
  • Agrotis eriensis Grote, 1878
  • Agrotis hospitalis Grote, 1882

The wingspan is about 33 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae are probably general feeders and have been recorded from grasses and Taraxacum officinale.

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