Description
The wingspan is 34–40 mm.Warren (1914) states ''E. signifera'' F. (7 g). Forewing brownish grey with a reddish tinge ; the costal area , the median and submedian veins speckled pale grey and black; the veinlets blackish; a black streak from base below cell: stigmata as in ''turbans'' rror'' Dichagyris disturbans'' but the reniform broader and not angled inwards; marginal area more prominently streaked with dark ; hindwing whitish, with a fuscous tinge towards margin, especially in the female.Widely spread, occurring in the Alps of France and Switzerland, in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Russia, and throughout W. Asia; Armenia, Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Turkestan and W. Siberia; — in the ab. ''improcera'' Stgr. ichagyris orientis (Alphéraky, 1882)7g), which is a duller insect, more like turbans Dichagyris disturbans'' (Püngeler, 1914)">' Dichagyris disturbans'' (Püngeler, 1914), the markings are all obscured; orientis Alph.'' Dichagyris orientis'' (7g) is much paler, uniform smooth ochreous grey, with the black basal streak and costal spots prominent ; both these aberrations are confined to W. Asia. 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, 1914Biology
The larvae feed on '' Echium'', ''References
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