Drasteria

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Drasteria
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Drasteria convergens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Drasteria
Hübner, 1818 [1]
Synonyms
  • AleucanitisWarren, 1913
  • BolinaDuponchel, 1845
  • LeucanitisGuenée, 1852
  • SynedaGuenée, 1852
  • SynedoidaEdwards, 1878

Drasteria is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.

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Species

The genus includes the following species:

Former species

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018.