Dichagyris forcipula

Dichagyris forcipula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Dichagyris
Species:	D. forcipula
Binomial name
	Dichagyris forcipula; (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
	Noctua forcipula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Agrotis forcipula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ; Ochropleura forcipula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ; Yigoga forcipula (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ; Phalaena (Noctua) denticulosa Esper, 1794; Phalaena (Noctua) denticulosa Esper, 1798; Agrotis forcipula var. bornicensis Fuchs, 1884; Agrotis forcipula var. helladica Rebel, 1905; Agrotis celsicola var. gueddelana Oberthür, 1918; Yigoga nigrescens amasicola Koçak, 1980; Euxoa (Agrotis) forcipula f. lithargyrula Turati, 1919; Dichagyris samnitica Dannehl, 1923; Dichagyris romanoi Berio, 1980;

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.

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)

References

^ Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

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[1] Warren, W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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