Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1847.[1] It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and Afghanistan.
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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. flexuosa
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| Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétries, 1847)
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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.
References edit
- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria flexuosa (Menetries 1848)". 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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