Drasteria flexuosa explained

Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1847.^[1] It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and Afghanistan.

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in from February to May and October to November.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Alhagi sparsifolia.

External links

• V. D. . Kravchenko . G. . Müller . O. B. . Orlova . V. N. . Seplyarskaya . 2004 . The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122444/http://kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej13-2004/ent13_3%20175_186%20Kravchenko.pdf . dead . 2011-08-19 . Russian Entomological Journal . 13 . 3 . 175–186 . Internet Archive.
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Drasteria flexuosa (Menetries 1848) . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324165930/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86001141 . March 24, 2016.