Drasteria caucasica

Drasteria caucasica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. caucasica
Binomial name
	Drasteria caucasica; (Kolenati, 1848)
Synonyms
	Euclidia caucasica Kolenati, 1848; Leucanitis caucasica f. aksuensis Fuchs, 1903; Ophiusa astrida Eversmann, 1857;

Drasteria caucasica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Romania, north-eastern Bulgaria, southern Moldova, southern Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Daghestan, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrghyzstan, China (Xinjiang, Tibet) and Mongolia.^[2]

The wingspan is 29–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on Eleagnus, Hippophae (including Hippophae rhamnoides) and Paliurus species.

References

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria caucasica (Kolenati 1846)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
^ Naturkundliches Informationssystem

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria caucasica (Kolenati 1846)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

[2] Naturkundliches Informationssystem

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