Drasteria flexuosa

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Melipotini
Genus:	Drasteria
Species:	D. flexuosa
Binomial name
*Drasteria flexuosa* (Ménétriés, 1847)^[1]
Synonyms
Ophiusa flexuosa Ménétriés, 1847 Ophiusa singularis Kollar, 1849 Thyria inepta Butler, 1881 Leucanitis flexuosa var. mongolica Staudinger, 1896 Leucanitis flexuosa var. caspica Staudinger, 1901

Drasteria flexuosa is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in the semi-deserts and deserts from eastern Egypt, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Kazachstan, China, 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.

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