Dichagyris celsicola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Greece, France, Italy and Turkey. It might also be present in Iran and Iraq.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Dichagyris |
| Species: | D. celsicola
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| Dichagyris celsicola (Bellier, 1859)
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The wingspan is about 35 mm.Warren (1914) states E celsicola Bell. (7g). Forewing reddish brown with pale dusting; the veins finely black; stigmata large; a black streak from base to claviform, which nearly reaches outer line, and is sometimes filled in with blackish ; orbicular pointed at each end, inwardly produced as a streak to base, and outwardly sometimes joined to reniform, the lower part of which is ringed with white; fringe fuscous, unchequered; hindwing whitish, with the outer half fuscous; fringe white. In Europe this species is only found in the French Alps; in W. Asia it is recorded from Syria, Persia and Turkestan.[1]
Subspecies
edit- Dichagyris celsicola celcicola (France)
- Dichagyris celsicola goateri (Greece)
- Dichagyris celsicola sincera (Turkey)
References
edit- ^ 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
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