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Drasteria oranensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Scientific name
  
Drasteria oranensis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Species

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.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria oranensis oranensis
  • Drasteria oranensis arabica Wiltshire, 1990
  • References

    Drasteria oranensis Wikipedia