Biology:Drasteria picta

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Short description: Species of moth

Drasteria picta
Drasteria picta.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. picta
Binomial name
Drasteria picta
(Christoph, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucanitis cailino var. picta Christoph, 1877
  • Leucanitis radapicata Staudinger, 1901

Drasteria picta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. It is found in Ukraine,[2] Russia, Kazakhstan, southern Turkey, Syria, Armenia, Daghestan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and China (Tibet, Qinghai).[3]

The wingspan is 33–34 mm.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to July.

Subspecies

  • Drasteria picta picta
  • Drasteria picta radapicata (Staudinger, 1901)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13574199 entry