Drasteria oranensis

Drasteria oranensis
Drasteria oranensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species: D. oranensis
Binomial name
Drasteria oranensis
Rothschild, 1920

Drasteria oranensis is a moth of the Noctuidae 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

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