Zygaena anthyllidis

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Zygaena anthyllidis
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Zygaena anthyllidis Gavarnie
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. anthyllidis
Binomial name
Zygaena anthyllidis
Boisduval, 1828
Synonyms
  • Zygaena erebusMeigen, 1829
  • Zygaena anthillidisFreyer, [1842]

Zygaena anthyllidis is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France and Spain. [1]

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Technical description and variation (Seitz)

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.

Biology

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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References

  1. Fauna Europaea [ dead link ]
  2. Jordan, 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
  4. Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie