Dichagyris melanura

Updated on Dec 20, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Dichagyris melanura		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dichagyris Rank Species
Similar Dichagyris signifera, Dichagyris musiva, Rhyacia, Chersotis

Dichagyris melanura is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from south-eastern Europe to Turkey, the Caucasus region, north Iran, Israel, Syria and Jordan.

Adults are on wing from May to July. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies

Dichagyris melanura melanura (Yugoslavia)

Dichagyris melanura albida (the shores of Black Sea in Romania and Bulgaria))

Dichagyris melanura dufayi (Greece)

Dichagyris melanura vera (Turkestan, Caucasus, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran)

Dichagyris melanura roseotincta (Israel)

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