Drasteria kabylaria is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1906.[1] It is found from the western and central parts of the Sahara, to the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Sinai, south to Oman.

Drasteria kabylaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. kabylaria
Binomial name
Drasteria kabylaria (A. Bang-Haas, 1906)
Synonyms
Leucanitis kabylaria A. Bang-Haas, 1906 Leucanitis cabylaria Hampson, 1913 Leucanitis columbina Brandt, 1941 Drasteria kabylaria columbina

There are two generations per year. Adults are on wing in from March to May and October to November.

The larvae probably feed on Tamarix species.

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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