Biology:Dichagyris signifera

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Short description: Species of moth

Dichagyris signifera
Euxoa signifera.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Dichagyris
Species:
D. signifera
Binomial name
Dichagyris signifera
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Noctua signifera Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Euxoa signifera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Ogygia signifera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Yigoga signifera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Dichagyris signifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Spain and France , east through central and southern Europe (including Italy and Greece) to Latvia and Russia .

Description

The wingspan is 34–40 mm.Warren (1914) states E. signifera F. (7 g). Forewing brownish grey with a reddish tinge ; the costal area , the median and submedian veins speckled pale grey and black; the veinlets blackish; a black streak from base below cell: stigmata as in turbans [error],Dichagyris disturbans but the reniform broader and not angled inwards; marginal area more prominently streaked with dark ; hindwing whitish, with a fuscous tinge towards margin, especially in the female.Widely spread, occurring in the Alps of France and Switzerland, in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Russia, and throughout W. Asia; Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Turkestan and W. Siberia; — in the ab. improcera Stgr. [Dichagyris orientis (Alphéraky, 1882)](7g), which is a duller insect, more like turbans [Dichagyris disturbans (Püngeler, 1914)] , the markings are all obscured; orientis Alph.Dichagyris orientis (7g) is much paler, uniform smooth ochreous grey, with the black basal streak and costal spots prominent ; both these aberrations are confined to W. Asia. [1]

Biology

The larvae feed on Echium, Poa and Plantago species.

References

  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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5272437 entry