Dichagyris forcipula

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.

Dichagyris forcipula
Scientific classification
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

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)