Zygaena tamara

Zygaena tamara
Zygaena tamara in Seitz b
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. tamara
Binomial name
Zygaena tamara Christoph, 1889

Zygaena tamara is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Zangazur-Daralayaz (Azerbaijan) ^[1]

Description

In Seitz it is described - Z. tamara Christ. (7b) . One of the finest Zygaenae. All the wings bright yellow, with a delicate rosy tint, the distal margin being black; forewing divided by 2 black transverse bands into 3 areas of nearly equal size. Antenna exceedingly long and strong, the abdomen being broadly belted with red. — ab. rubra Bang-Haas i. l. (7b) the hindwing is rosy red instead of yellow, while in the form daemon Christ. (7 b) the fore- and hindwing are red. All 3 forms occur together in Armenia, but are found only in limited districts. ^{[2] [3]}

Biology

The larval foodplants are Eryngium billardieri , Eryngium giganteum , Prangos sp. and Ferula haussknechtii ^[4]

Subspecies

• Z. t. tamara
• Z. t. mahabadica Reiss, 1978
• Z. t. kerendica Reiss, 1978
• Z. t. bijarica (Reiss, 1978)

References

1. Efetov K. A., 2005 The Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea and other regions of Eurasia. – Simferopol: CSMU Press, 2005. – 420 pp.
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 .
4. Özkol, H., Kayci L. and Pinar S., 2009 Notes on the biology of Zygaena (Mesembrynus) tamara placida A.Bang-Haas, 1913 (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae). Cesa News Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara pdf

External links

• Images representing Zygaena tamara at Bold