| Zygaena anthyllidis | |
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| Zygaena anthyllidis Gavarnie | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. anthyllidis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena anthyllidis Boisduval, 1828 | |
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Zygaena anthyllidis is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France and Spain. [1]
Z. anthyllidis Boisd. (= erebus Meig.) . With pale collar and light-red belt. The wings strongly widened, and especially the 6 spots of forewing enlarged, being more or less quadrangular. Pyrenees. — ab. flava Oberth. is the yellow aberration. — In caucasica Stgr.-Reb.[now Zygaena armena ssp. caucasica Rebel, 1901 ] the pale collar is missing and the two distal spots touch each other or are confluent; from the Caucasus. — Larva yellow, with the head, thoracical legs and transverse bands black; on Trefoil. Pupa in a white ovate cocoon of which the frontal end is directed downwards (Oberthur). [2] The wingspan is 30–38 mm.
Adults are on wing in July and August. The larvae feed on Lotus (including Lotus alpinus ), Coronilla , Trifolium , Anthyllis and other Fabaceae species. [3] The larvae usually overwinter twice. [4]
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