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Zygaena loti

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Zygaenidae

Scientific name
  
Zygaena loti

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Zygaena

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Zygaena purpuralis, Zygaena, Zygaena transalpina, Zygaena carniolica, Zygaena ephialtes

Zygaena loti


Zygaena loti, the slender Scotch burnet, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia.

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The wingspan is 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus, Hippocrepis comosa and Securigera species.

zygaena loti


Subspecies

  • Zygaena loti loti
  • Zygaena loti achilleae (Esper, 1780)
  • Zygaena loti alpestris Burgeff, 1914
  • Zygaena loti arragonensis Staudinger, 1887
  • Zygaena loti avilensis Koch, 1948
  • Zygaena loti balcanica Reiss, 1922
  • Zygaena loti erythristica Tremewan & Manley, 1969
  • Zygaena loti failliei Dujardin, 1970
  • Zygaena loti hypochlora Dujardin, 1964
  • Zygaena loti janthina Boisduval, 1828
  • Zygaena loti ligustica Rocci, 1913
  • Zygaena loti macedonica Burgeff, 1926
  • Zygaena loti miniacea Oberthur, 1910
  • Zygaena loti osthelderi Burgeff, 1926
  • Zygaena loti praeclara Burgeff, 1926
  • Zygaena loti restricta Stauder, 1915
  • Zygaena loti scotica (Rowland-Brown, 1919)
  • Zygaena loti tristis Oberthur, 1884
  • Zygaena loti wagneri Milliere, 1885
  • Zygaena loti zobeli Reiss, 1921

    • References

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