| Rhagades predotae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Rhagades |
| Species: | R. predotae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhagades predotae | |
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Rhagades predotae is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from central, southern and eastern Spain.
The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm for both males and females. Adults are on wing during the day.
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa and Pyrus bourgaeana .
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots, although other families also have 'foresters'. They are also sometimes called smoky moths.
The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a superficial resemblance to Noctuidae. Many species in the drepanid family have a distinctively hook-shaped apex to the fore wing, leading to their common name of hook-tips.
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Zygaena loti, the slender Scotch burnet, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is a diurnal moth characterized by a black body, light colored legs, and red spots on its wings. The caterpillars are a yellow-green color and usually molt out of dormancy in late February to early March. The larvae feed on plants from the family Fabaceae until they enter their pupal stage and mature into adults in May to early June. For mating, Zygaenidae exhibit a dual-partner finding strategy, where females use pheromones while assuming a calling position, and males exhibit a patrolling behavior where they utilize both vision and the olfactory receptors in their antennae to locate a potential mate.
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Theresimima is a genus of moths. T. ampellophaga, the vine bud moth, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found from Algeria, Spain and southern France through most of southern Europe to the northern coast of the Black Sea. In the north, it ranges up to Hungary and Slovakia and in the east, the range extends to the southern part of European Russia, the western Caucasus and Transcaucasia, through Turkey, Lebanon and Syria to Israel.
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Jordanita chloros is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.
Jordanita globulariae, also known as the scarce forester, is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.
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Hestiochora is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.
Eterusia aedea, the red slug caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan and China.
Artona is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.
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