Drasteria herzi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1895.[1] It is found in Transcaucasia, Turkmenistan, Khirgizia, Turkey, northern Iran, Israel, Jordan and Sanai.

Drasteria herzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. herzi
Binomial name
Drasteria herzi
(Alphéraky, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Leucanitis herzi Alphéraky, 1895
  • Drasteria herzi angustifasciata Amsel, 1935
  • Syneda judaica Hampson, 1926

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in from February to April and October to December.

Subspecies edit

  • Drasteria herzi herzi
  • Drasteria herzi judaica (Hampson, 1926) (Israel)

References edit

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria herzi (Alpheraky 1895)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.

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