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Drasteria caucasica

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Drasteria caucasica
Scientific classification Edit this 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)[1]
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, Tajikistan, 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

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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". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2015-02-17.