Zygaena dorycnii

Zygaena dorycnii is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Armenia.

Zygaena dorycnii
Zygaena dorycnii in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Zygaenidae
Genus:
Zygaena
Species:
Z. dorycnii
Binomial name
Zygaena dorycnii
Synonyms
  • Anthrocera kertshensis Obraztsov, 1935
  • Zygaena ephialtes v. araratica Staudinger, 1871
  • Zygaena korbiana Reiss, 1935
  • Zygaena grusica Reiss, 1936
  • Zygaena hasankifensis Reiss, 1938

It has spots and a red belt, which does not reach all round the abdomen as in the otherwise similar peucedani, not being continued on the underside. — In senescens Stgr. [ now Zygaena ephialtes ssp. senescens Staudinger, 1887 ], from Tauria, the anterior basal spot of the forewing, the hindwing and the abdominal belt are dark rose-colour, the other spots of the forewing being white, with a yellow tint.

The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus.[2]

Subspecies
  • Zygaena dorycnii dorycnii
  • Zygaena dorycnii karabaghensis Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
  • Zygaena dorycnii keredjensis Reiss, 1937
  • Zygaena dorycnii kertshensis (Obraztsov, 1935)
  • Zygaena dorycnii kubana Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
  • Zygaena dorycnii teberdensis Reiss, 1936

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. lepiforum.de


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