Drasteria kabylaria
Species of moth
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Drasteria |
| Species: | D. kabylaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Drasteria kabylaria (A. Bang-Haas, 1906) | |
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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.
