Drasteria oranensis

Drasteria oranensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. oranensis
Binomial name
Drasteria oranensis
Rothschild, 1920[1]

Drasteria oranensis is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Algeria, to Libya, Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

There is probably one generation per year. Adults are on wing in from March to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum.

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References

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