Drasteria kabylaria explained

Drasteria kabylaria is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1906.^[1] 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.

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 kabylaria (Bang-Haas 1906) . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324165250/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86001171 . March 24, 2016.