It is found from Spain and France, east through central and southern Europe (including Italy and Greece) to Latvia and Russia.

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 [error],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.

[Dichagyris orientis (Alphéraky, 1882)](7g), which is a duller insect, more like turbans [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.

[1] The larvae feed on Echium, Poa and Plantago species.