| Dichagyris eremicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Dichagyris |
| Species: | D. eremicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichagyris eremicola (Standfuss, 1888) | |
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Dichagyris eremicola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern and eastern Russia, the southern Urals, Turkey, Turkestan, central Asia and the Altai Mountains.
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