Dichagyris signifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Spain and France, east through central and southern Europe (including Italy and Greece) to Latvia and Russia.
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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. signifera
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| Dichagyris signifera (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Description
editThe wingspan is 34–40 mm.Warren (1914) states E. signifera F. (7 g). Forewing brownish grey with a reddish tinge; the costal area, the median and submedian veins speckled pale grey and black; the veinlets blackish; a black streak from base below cell: stigmata as in turbans [error],Dichagyris disturbans but the reniform broader and not angled inwards; marginal area more prominently streaked with dark; hindwing whitish, with a fuscous tinge towards margin, especially in the female.Widely spread, occurring in the Alps of France and Switzerland, in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Russia, and throughout W. Asia; Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Turkestan and W. Siberia; — in the ab. improcera Stgr. [Dichagyris orientis (Alphéraky, 1882)](7g), which is a duller insect, more like turbans [Dichagyris disturbans (Püngeler, 1914)], the markings are all obscured; orientis Alph.Dichagyris orientis (7g) is much paler, uniform smooth ochreous grey, with the black basal streak and costal spots prominent; both these aberrations are confined to W. Asia. [1]
Biology
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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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