Dichagyris imperator
| Dichagyris imperator | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Dichagyris |
| Species: | D. imperator |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichagyris imperator (Bang-Haas, 1912) | |
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Dichagyris imperator is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in all eremic parts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and in southern Spain.
Adults are on wing from March to May in Israel and from April to July and again in August in northwest Africa. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Zygophyllum and probably other low growing plants.
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