Biology:Drasteria yerburyi

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Short description: Species of moth

Drasteria yerburyi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. yerburyi
Binomial name
Drasteria yerburyi
(Butler, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Melipotis yerburyi Butler, 1892
  • Syneda albifasciata Gaede, 1939
  • Leucanitis albofasciata John, 1917
  • Syneda pica Brandt, 1939
  • Grammodes schematica Meyrick, 1902

Drasteria yerburyi is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Somalia,[2] Eritrea, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Iran.

The larvae feed on Taverniera spartea.[3] The species is named after the collector of the type specimen Colonel John William Yerbury.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13520714 entry