Zygaena ecki

Zygaena ecki
Zygaena ecki in Seitz c
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. ecki
Binomial name
Zygaena ecki Christoph, 1882 [1]

Zygaena ecki is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. ^[2] It is found in Iran. In Seitz it is described - Z. ecki Christ. (6c). Little is known of this rather isolated Burnet, which does not stand in close relationship to any other, not being allied to ephialtes or exulans , nor to anthyllidis , behind which it is placed in the catalogue of Staudinger-Rebel. The dull dark grey forewing bears six pinkish crimson spots of which the two distal ones are slightly confluent; hindwing of the same tint, with rather broad black margin and reddish grey fringes. The abdomen is usually black, but occurs also with red belt, = cingulata Hirschke. Persia. ^[3]

References

1. Christoph, H.T. 1882, Horae Soc. ent. Ross., 17: 123
2. A. Hofmann and W. G. Tremewan 2010 A revised check-list of the genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae), based on the biospecies concept Entomologist’s Gazette 61: 119–131 pdf
3. Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22., The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .