Drasteria caucasica
| Drasteria caucasica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Erebinae |
| Tribe: | Melipotini |
| Genus: | Drasteria |
| Species: | D. caucasica |
| Binomial name | |
| Drasteria caucasica (Kolenati, 1848)[1] | |
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Drasteria caucasica is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in Romania, north-eastern Bulgaria, southern Moldova, southern Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Daghestan, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrghyzstan, China (Xinjiang, Tibet) and Mongolia.[2]
The wingspan is 29-32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.[3]
The larvae feed on Eleagnus, Hippophae (including Hippophae rhamnoides) and Paliurus species.
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