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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.

Drasteria flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. flexuosa
Binomial name
Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétries, 1847)
Synonyms
Ophiusa flexuosa Ménétries, 1847 Ophiusa singularis Kollar, 1849 Thyria inepta Butler, 1881 Leucanitis flexuosa var. mongolica Staudinger, 1896 Leucanitis flexuosa var. caspica Staudinger, 1901

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

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External links

• 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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