Drasteria kabylaria

Drasteria kabylaria
Drasteria kabylaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. kabylaria
Binomial name
Drasteria kabylaria
(A. Bang-Haas, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Drasteria kabylaria columbina

Drasteria kabylaria is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the western and central parts of the Sahara, to the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Sinai, south to Oman.

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in from March to May and October to November.

The larvae probably feed on Tamarix species.

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