Drasteria picta

Drasteria picta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is found in Ukraine,[2] Russia, Kazakhstan, southern Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Daghestan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and China (Tibet, Qinghai).[3]

Drasteria picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. picta
Binomial name
Drasteria picta
(Christoph, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucanitis cailino var. picta Christoph, 1877
  • Leucanitis radapicata Staudinger, 1901

The wingspan is 33–34 mm.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria picta picta
  • Drasteria picta radapicata (Staudinger, 1901)

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria picta (Christoph 1877)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Naturkundliches informationssystem
  4. Lepiforum e.V.


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