Dichagyris renigera


Dichagyris renigera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South- and Southeast-Europe, Armenia, Caucasus and Turkey.

Description

Warren states R. renigera Hbn. . Forewing greyish ochreous, thickly dusted with fuscous or grey, especially the space between outer and submarginal lines; markings obscure; lines marked by dark spots on costa; stigmata faintly yellowish; hindwing greyish fuscous. A south European species, found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Carinthia, Bosnia, and Hungary; also in Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Turkestan, and Mongolia: the Asiatic forms differ in colouration from the European; they have been separated by Staudinger as ab. turana Stgr., which is dark violaceous grey with markings obscure; ab. erubescens Stgr., in which the ochreous deepens into fulvous or reddish, and the markings become distinct; and ab. funebris Stgr, which is leaden grey; but erubescens may well form a species apart, as Staudinger himself suggested.

Subspecies

  • Dichagyris renigera renigera
  • Dichagyris renigera funetissima
  • ''Dichagyris renigera argentina''

Biology

There is one generation per year. The moth occurs from early June to early August, visits sugar and comes to light.

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