Zygaena anthyllidis is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France and Spain.[1]
| Zygaena anthyllidis | |
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| Zygaena anthyllidis Gavarnie | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. anthyllidis
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| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena anthyllidis Boisduval, 1828
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Technical description and variation (Seitz) edit
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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- ^ Jordan, 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf
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- ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- ^ Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie
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