Drasteria caucasica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Romania, north-eastern Bulgaria, southern Moldova, southern Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Daghestan, Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrghyzstan, China (Xinjiang, Tibet) and Mongolia.[2]
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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. caucasica
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| Drasteria caucasica (Kolenati, 1848)[1]
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The wingspan is 29–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Eleagnus, Hippophae (including Hippophae rhamnoides) and Paliurus species.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drasteria caucasica.
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria caucasica (Kolenati 1846)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
- ^ "Naturkundliches Informationssystem". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2015-02-17.