Drasteria caucasica

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
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 Erebidae family. 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.[3]

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

References

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