Drasteria grandirena

Drasteria grandirena
Drasteria grandirena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. grandirena
Binomial name
Drasteria grandirena
(Haworth, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Phytometra grandirena Haworth, 1809
  • Aedia limbolaris Geyer, 1832
  • Synedoida grandirena (Haworth, 1809)

The Figure-seven Moth or Great Kidney (Drasteria grandirena) is a moth of the Noctuidae 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.

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