Drasteria flexuosa (Menetries, 1848)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Noctuoidea → family Erebidae → subfamily Erebinae → tribe Melipotini → genus Drasteria → species Drasteria flexuosa
Species name(s)
Drasteria flexuosa (Menetries, 1848) = Ophiusa flexuosa Ménétriés, 1848 = Ophiusa singularis Kollar, [1849] = Thyria inepta Butler, 1881.
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 4.
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Flight time
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Over-wintering stage
Pupa.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- USSR - the European part. [1].
- Russia Ukraine. [10].
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga. [3].
- Kazakhstan. Personal communication.
Imago lifespan
- Two generations in March and May - July Personal communication.
Overwintering stage
- Chrysalis Personal communication.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov. Text data: Peter Khramov, Evgeny Komarov, Sergei Kotov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- Evgeny Komarov, personal communication
- Sergei Kotov, personal communication
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