Drasteria flexuosa

Drasteria flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. flexuosa
Binomial name
	Drasteria flexuosa; (Ménétriés, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
	Ophiusa flexuosa Ménétriés, 1847; Ophiusa singularis Kollar, 1849; Thyria inepta Butler, 1881; Leucanitis flexuosa var. mongolica Staudinger, 1896; Leucanitis flexuosa var. caspica Staudinger, 1901;

Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazachstan, 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.

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