Dichagyris forcipula

Dichagyris forcipula
Dichagyris forcipula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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

Dichagyris forcipula is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from central and southern Europe and Algeria, east to the Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran.

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)

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