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Dichagyris melanura

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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)

    • References

    Dichagyris melanura Wikipedia
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