Drasteria yerburyi

Drasteria yerburyi
Scientific classification
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)
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[edit]

^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Drasteria yerburyi (Butler 1892)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016.
^ "Naturkundliches Informationssystem". Archived from the original on 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)". Afromoths. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

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