Drasteria oranensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rothschild in 1920.[1] It is found from Algeria, to Libya, Egypt, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
| Drasteria oranensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Drasteria |
| Species: | D. oranensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Drasteria oranensis Rothschild, 1920
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There is probably one generation per year. Adults are on wing in from March to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Calligonum comosum.
Subspecies
edit- Drasteria oranensis oranensis
- Drasteria oranensis arabica Wiltshire, 1990
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria oranensis Rothschild 1920". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
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- Kravchenko, V. D.; Müller, G.; Orlova, O. B.; Seplyarskaya, V. N. (2004). "The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 13 (3): 175–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-19 – via Internet Archive.
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