Drasteria grandirena

Drasteria grandirena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Drasteria
Species: D. grandirena
Binomial name
Drasteria grandirena
(Haworth, 1809)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phytometra grandirena Haworth, 1809
  • Aedia limbolaris Geyer, 1832
  • Synedoida grandirena (Haworth, 1809)

The figure-seven moth or great kidney (Drasteria grandirena) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, south to at least Georgia west to at least Arkansas

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August in California.

The larvae feed on Hamamelis virginiana.

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