''Drasteria flexuosa'' is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by
Édouard Ménétries
Édouard Ménétries ( Paris, France, 2 October 1802 – St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, 10 April 1861) was a French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist. He is best known as the founder of the Russian Entomological Society.
Ménétries ...
in 1847.
It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern
Egypt, to
Israel,
Jordan,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
,
Kazakhstan,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
Mongolia and
Afghanistan.
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
''Alhagi'' is a genus of Old World plants in the family Fabaceae. They are commonly called camelthorns or manna trees. There are three to five species.
''Alhagi'' species have proportionally the deepest root system of any plants - a 1 m hig ...
''.
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Drasteria
Moths of Africa
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1847
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