Dichagyris imperator

Dichagyris imperator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Dichagyris
Species: D. imperator
Binomial name
Dichagyris imperator
(Bang-Haas, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis imperator A. Bang-Haas, 1912
  • Agrotis alcarriensis Calle & Agenjo, 1981

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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