Drasteria grandirena
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
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Drasteria |
| Species: | D. grandirena |
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| Drasteria grandirena (Haworth, 1809) | |
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The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from March to August in California.
The larvae feed on Hamamelis virginiana.
References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria grandirena (Haworth 1809)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
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External links
- Balaban, John & Jane (August 11, 2017). "Species Drasteria grandirena - Figure-seven Moth - Hodges#8641". BugGuide. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- "930915.00 – 8641 – Drasteria grandirena – Figure-seven Moth – (Haworth, 1809)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 22, 2019. Images]
- Line, Larry. "Drasteria grandirena". Moths of Maryland. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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