Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétriès, 1849)

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Erebinae (subfamily)/  Melipotini (tribe)/  Drasteria (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Ménétriès, 1849)
Citation:	Ophiusa flexuosa. N.
Original genus:	Ophiusa
Publication:	Ménétriès M. 1849. Catalogue des insectes recueillis par feu M. Lehmann avec les descriptions des nouvelles espèces (seconde et dernière partie).
Journal:	Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg
Volume:	Série 6, vol. 8
Issue:	2
Pagination:	292; pl. 6, fig. 5
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015144

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétriès, 1849)		unknown		Not stated.	Uzbekistan	[Uzbekistan], Bokhara [Bukhara].

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Afghanistan, China, Egypt (Sinai), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Uzbekistan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétriès, 1849)	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 230

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétriès, 1849)	Alhagi graecorum	Fabaceae	Israel	Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 349
Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétriès, 1849)	Alhagi sparsifolia	Fabaceae		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 349
Drasteria flexuosa (Ménétriès, 1849)	Prosopis farcta	Fabaceae	Israel	Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 349

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Drasteria inepta (Butler, 1881)	(Butler, 1881)	species	Synonym	Thria inepta
Drasteria singularis (Kollar, 1849)	(Kollar, 1849)	species	Synonym	Ophiusa singularis