Dichagyris forcipula
Species of moth
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Dichagyris forcipula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from central and southern Europe and Algeria, east to the Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Dichagyris |
| Species: | D. forcipula |
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| Dichagyris forcipula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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Description
Warren (1914) states E. forcipula Schiff. (= denticulosa Esp.) (7f). Forewing dull brown; stigmata outlined in black; the round orbicular and the reniform with whitish rings: subterminal line formed of ochreous points and black wedge-shaped markings: hindwing pale brownish, with whitish fringe. Occurs throughout the South of Europe and in western Asia; - the ab. bornicensis Fuchs is a more unicolorous form, with obscure markings and ab. nigrescens Hofm. (7f), as its name implies, is blackish and larger[1]
Subspecies
- Dichagyris forcipula amasicola (Ukraine, southern Russia)
- Dichagyris forcipula amasina (Turkey, Turkmenistan)
- Dichagyris forcipula bornicensis (Germany)
- Dichagyris forcipula forcipula (France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, central and eastern Russia)
- Dichagyris forcipula gueddelanea (Spain, Algeria)
- Dichagyris forcipula helladica (Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Greece)
- Dichagyris forcipula lithargyrula (mainland Italy, Sicily)
