''Drasteria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in 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'') ...

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' Drasteria aberrans'' Staudinger, 1888 * '' Drasteria adumbrata'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria antiqua'' Staudinger, 1889 * '' Drasteria austera'' John, 1921 * '' Drasteria axuana'' Püngeler, 1906 * '' Drasteria biformata'' H. Edwards, 1878 * '' Drasteria cailino'' Lefèbvre, 1827 * '' Drasteria cashmirensis'' Hampson, 1894 * '' Drasteria catocalis'' Staudinger, 1882 * '' Drasteria caucasica'' Kolenati, 1846 * '' Drasteria chinensis'' Alphéraky, 1892 * '' Drasteria coenobita'' (Kruger, 1939) * '' Drasteria convergens'' Mustelin, 2006 * '' Drasteria divergens'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria edwardsii'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria eubapta'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Drasteria flexuosa'' Ménétriés, 1848 * '' Drasteria fumosa'' Strecker, 1898 * '' Drasteria grandirena'' Haworth, 1809 * '' Drasteria graphica'' Hübner, 1818 * '' Drasteria habibazel'' Dumont, 1922 * '' Drasteria hastingsii'' (Edwards, 1881) * '' Drasteria herzi'' Alphéraky, 1895 * '' Drasteria howlandii'' Grote, 1864 * '' Drasteria hudsonica'' Grote & Robinson, 1865 * '' Drasteria hyblaeoides'' Moore, 1878 * '' Drasteria indecora'' John, 1910 * '' Drasteria inepta'' H. Edwards, 1881 * '' Drasteria ingeniculata'' Morrison, 1875 * '' Drasteria kabylaria'' Bang-Haas, 1906 * '' Drasteria kusnezovi'' John, 1910 * '' Drasteria langi'' Ershov, 1874 * '' Drasteria maculosa'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria mirifica'' H. Edwards, 1878 * '' Drasteria mongoliensis'' Wiltshire, 1969 * '' Drasteria nephelostola'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Drasteria nubicola'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria obscurata'' Staudinger, 1882 * '' Drasteria occulta'' H. Edwards, 1881 * '' Drasteria ochracea'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria oranensis'' Rothschild, 1920 * '' Drasteria pallescens'' Grote & Robinson, 1866 * '' Drasteria pamira'' John, 1921 * '' Drasteria parallela'' Crabo & Mustelin, 2013 * '' Drasteria perplexa'' H. Edwards, 1884 * '' Drasteria petricola'' Walker, 1858 * '' Drasteria philippina'' Austaut, 1880 * '' Drasteria picta'' Christoph, 1877 * '' Drasteria pictoides'' Poole, 1989 * '' Drasteria pulchra'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 * '' Drasteria pulverosa'' Wiltshire, 1969 * '' Drasteria rada'' Boisduval, 1848 * '' Drasteria sabulosa'' H. Edwards, 1881 * '' Drasteria saisani'' Staudinger, 1882 * '' Drasteria scolopax'' Alphéraky, 1892 * '' Drasteria scrupulosa'' H. Edwards, 1878 * '' Drasteria sculpta'' Püngeler, 1904 * '' Drasteria sesquilina'' Staudinger, 1888 * '' Drasteria sesquistria'' Eversmann, 1854 * '' Drasteria sinuosa'' Staudinger, 1884 * '' Drasteria stretchii'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria tejonica'' Behr, 1870 * '' Drasteria tenera'' Staudinger, 1877 * ''

Drasteria walshi ''Drasteria walshi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is endemic to the Pinaleño Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains in southern Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United St ...

'' Metlevski, 2009 * '' Drasteria yerburii'' Butler, 1892

Former species

* '' Drasteria albifasciata'' (Gaede, 1939) * '' Drasteria albofasciata'' (John, 1917) * '' Drasteria altivaga'' (Alphéraky, 1893) * '' Drasteria chlorophis'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 * '' Drasteria judaica'' Hampson, 1926 * '' Drasteria nichollae'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Drasteria pica'' (Brandt, 1939) * ''Drasteria stuebeli'' is now known as ''

Anydrophila stuebeli ''Anydrophila stuebeli'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Heinrich Wilhelm CalberlaMüller, Chris J. & Tennent, W. John (July 12, 2018)"''Polyura inopinatus'' Röber, 1940; a remarkable butterfly mystery resolved" ''ZooKeys''. ...

'' Calberla, 1891

References

* , 2013: Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on ''Chytolita'' Grote (Erebidae) and ''Hydraecia'' Guenée (Noctuidae). ''Zookeys'' 264: 85-123. Abstract and full article: . * , 2013: Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ''Zookeys'' 264: 227–236. Abstract and full article: . * , 2003: Catocalinae & Plusiinae. ''Noctuidae Europaeae'' Volume 10: 1–452. * ; 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
''ZooKeys''
40: 1–239. * , 2009, ''A new species of Drasteria'' Hübner (Noctuidae, Catocalinae, Melipotini) from Arizona, with comments on the genus. ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'' 63 (1): 1-10. * , 2006: Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species. ''Zootaxa'' 1278: 1-47. Abstract

* , 1983: Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) from Mongolia. Noctuidae, Quadrifinae. ''Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici'' 75: 229–246. Full article

External links

* * Mustelin, T. (2006). ''Zootaxa'' 1278: 1-47. * {{Taxonbar , from=Q731712 Drasteria, Melipotini Noctuoidea genera