Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Melipotini (tribe)/  Drasteria (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Butler, 1892)
Citation:	Melipotis Yerburyi, sp. n.
Original genus:	Melipotis
Publication:	Butler A. G. 1892f. Revision of the Noctuid genus Melipotis, Hübn., with descriptions of two new species.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(6) 10
Issue:	58
Pagination:	327
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27658932

Drasteria yerburyi (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Drasteria by E. P. Wiltshire (1963: 789).

Wiltshire E. P. 1963. Early stages of Old World Lepidoptera—XII.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Yemen	Yemen, Aden, leg. J. W. Yerbury.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Iran.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Bahrain		Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 137
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Eritrea		Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. page 185
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 173
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Somalia		Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 537 (as albifasciata)
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	United Arab Emirates		Gillett M. P. T. 1997b. A new foodplant recognised for Chilena laristana Danielm 1949, an eggar or lackey moth common to the UAE and N. Oman (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). page 21
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Yemen		Butler A. G. 1892f. Revision of the Noctuid genus Melipotis, Hübn., with descriptions of two new species. page 327

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Taverniera sp.	Malvaceae	United Arab Emirates	Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 537
Drasteria yerburyi (Butler, 1892)	Taverniera spartea	Malvaceae	Bahrain	Wiltshire E. P. 1963. Early stages of Old World Lepidoptera—XII. page 790

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Drasteria yerburyi (1)

Drasteria yerburyi (2)

Drasteria albifasciata (1)

Drasteria albofasciata (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Drasteria albifasciata Gaede, 1939	Gaede, 1939	species	Synonym	Drasteria albifasciata
Drasteria albofasciata (John, 1921)	(John, 1921)	species	Synonym	Leucanitis albofasciata
Drasteria pica (Brandt, 1939)	(Brandt, 1939)	species	Synonym	Syneda pica
Drasteria schematica (Meyrick, 1902)	(Meyrick, 1902)	species	Synonym	Grammodes schematica