EXCLUSIVE

"Mob Wives" star Drita D'Avanzo was arrested Tuesday for allegedly cracking open a can o' whoop ass on a woman in Staten Island.

NYPD sources tells us D'Avanzo got into a verbal dispute with another woman, and when things got heated ... D'Avanzo threw and landed several punches.

By the time the fight fizzled out, cops were on the scene and arrested the mob wife.