Drasteria flexuosa

Drasteria flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. flexuosa
Binomial name
Drasteria flexuosa
(Ménétriés, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa flexuosa Ménétriés, 1847
  • Ophiusa singularis Kollar, 1849
  • Thyria inepta Butler, 1881
  • Leucanitis flexuosa var. mongolica Staudinger, 1896
  • Leucanitis flexuosa var. caspica Staudinger, 1901

Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazachstan, China, Mongolia and Afghanistan.

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in from February to May and October to November.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Alhagi sparsifolia.

References

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