Drasteria cailino

Drasteria cailino
Drasteria cailino
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. cailino
Binomial name
Drasteria cailino
(Lefèbvre, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Heliotis cailino
  • Leucanitis cailino obscura
  • Leucanitis cailino f. baigakumensis
  • Aleucanitis cailino

Drasteria cailino is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Southern Europe, the Near East and Middle East up to the western Himalayas in the east. In the Levant, several isolated populations are present in Lebanon, Syria and Israel.

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in from May to July and in early autumn.

The larvae feed on Salix viminalis and Rosa canina.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria cailino cailino
  • ?Drasteria cailino medialba

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