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)

External links

• Fauna Europaea