Zygaena anthyllidis

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

Zygaena anthyllidis
Zygaena anthyllidis Gavarnie
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Zygaenidae
Genus:
Zygaena
Species:
Z. anthyllidis
Binomial name
Zygaena anthyllidis
Boisduval, 1828
Synonyms
  • Zygaena erebus Meigen, 1829
  • Zygaena anthillidis Freyer, [1842]

Technical description and variation (Seitz)
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Jordan, 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.
  3. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
  4. Schmetterlinge und ihre Ökologie


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