Drasteria flexuosa

Drasteria flexuosa
Drasteria flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. flexuosa
Binomial name
Drasteria flexuosa
(Ménétriés, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa flexuosa
  • Ophiusa singularis
  • Thyria inepta
  • Leucanitis flexuosa var. mongolica
  • Leucanitis flexuosa var. caspica

Drasteria flexuosao is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazachstan, China, Mongolia and Afghanistan.

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.

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