Jump to content

Drasteria kabylaria

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by WolfmanSF (talk | contribs) at 23:49, 5 July 2018 (→‎top: clean up using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Drasteria kabylaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. kabylaria
Binomial name
Drasteria kabylaria
(A. Bang-Haas, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucanitis kabylaria Bang-Haas, 1906
  • Leucanitis cabylaria Hampson, 1913
  • Leucanitis columbina Brandt, 1941
  • Drasteria kabylaria columbina

Drasteria kabylaria is a moth of the family Erebidae. 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.

References