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| 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) | |
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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
- ↑ 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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