Zygaena dorycnii

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Zygaena dorycnii
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Zygaena dorycnii on a flower
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. dorycnii
Binomial name
Zygaena dorycnii
Synonyms
  • Anthrocera kertshensisObraztsov, 1935
  • Zygaena ephialtes v. araraticaStaudinger, 1871
  • Zygaena korbianaReiss, 1935
  • Zygaena grusicaReiss, 1936
  • Zygaena hasankifensisReiss, 1938

Zygaena dorycnii is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Armenia.

It has spots and a red belt, which does not reach all round the abdomen as in the otherwise similar peucedani , not being continued on the underside. — In senescens Stgr. [ now Zygaena ephialtes ssp. senescens Staudinger, 1887 ], from Tauria, the anterior basal spot of the forewing, the hindwing and the abdominal belt are dark rose-colour, the other spots of the forewing being white, with a yellow tint.

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus . [2]

Subspecies

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