Dichagyris devota

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Dichagyris devota
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Dichagyris
Species:
D. devota
Binomial name
Dichagyris devota
(Christoph, 1884)

Dichagyris devota is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, north Pakistan, Iran, Armenia, southeast Turkey, Israel, Jordan to the northern parts of Saudi Arabia.

Adults are on wing from February to April in arid areas and from June to October on the Golan Heights. There is one generation per year.


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