| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena anthyllidis Boisduval, 1828 | |
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Zygaena anthyllidis is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France and Spain.
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. 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). 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. The larvae usually overwinter twice.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- 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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