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Drasteria grandirena

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Scientific name
  
Drasteria grandirena

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Species

The Figure-seven Moth or Great Kidney (Drasteria grandirena) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, south to at least Georgia west to at least Arkansas

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August in California.

The larvae feed on Hamamelis virginiana.

References

Drasteria grandirena Wikipedia