''Dichagyris flammatra'', the black collar, is a moth of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, western Siberia, Armenia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Lebanon,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, Iraq, Iran, Tibet, Afghanistan and northern India.

Description

The wingspan is 42–50 mm. Warren (1914) states ''R. flammatra'' Schiff. (= ''deleta'' Roll., ''basiclavis'' Walk., ''bimaculata'' Mill.) (9g). Forewing grey with a brown or lilac tinge; costa towards base paler; a submedian basal streak, the base of cell, and the upper half of tegulae velvety black; orbicular and reniform stigmata large and grey, the cell between them, sometimes dark; markings variable in intensity; hindwing ochreous fuscous, paler at base. A large species with elongate wings, widely spread through Europe, but rarer northwards; in W.Asia it occurs in Kashmir,Persia , Asia Minor and the Altai Mts. in W. Siberia. — Larva green , with pale lateral streaks ; on various low plants. 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

Biology

Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September depending on the location. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on wild strawberry and dandelion.

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