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