Drasteria flexuosa

Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1847.[1] It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazachstan, China, Mongolia and Afghanistan.

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

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

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria flexuosa (Menetries 1848)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.


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