''Dichagyris truculenta'' 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 ...

. It is found in the Mediterranean and central Asia from the

Altai Mountains The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The m ...

through the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

and Middle East. Adults are on wing from May to August. There is one generation per year.

Subspecies

*''Yigoga truculenta truculenta'' (western Siberia, central Asia, Altai, Turkestan) *''Yigoga truculenta toxistigma'' (Anatolia, Iran)

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Noctuinae of Israel
truculenta Insects of Turkey Moths of the Middle East Moths described in 1853 {{Dichagyris-stub