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Drasteria grandirena

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Drasteria grandirena
Adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Drasteria
Species:
D. grandirena
Binomial name
Drasteria grandirena
(Haworth, 1809)
Synonyms
  • Phytometra grandirena Haworth, 1809
  • Aedia limbolaris Geyer, 1832
  • Synedoida grandirena (Haworth, 1809)

Drasteria grandirena, the figure-seven moth or great kidney, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809.[1] It is found in North America from Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, south to at least Georgia west to at least Arkansas

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August in California.

The larvae feed on Hamamelis virginiana.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria grandirena (Haworth 1809)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
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