Drasteria oranensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. oranensis
Binomial name
Drasteria oranensis
Rothschild, 1920

Drasteria oranensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rothschild in 1920.[1] 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.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria oranensis oranensis
  • Drasteria oranensis arabica Wiltshire, 1990

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria oranensis Rothschild 1920". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.


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