Zygaena zuleima
Zygaena zuleima is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family.[2] It is found in the Atlas Mountains (in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
| Zygaena zuleima | |
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| In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. zuleima |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena zuleima Pierret, 1837[1] | |
In Seitz (1913):[3]
Z. zuleima Pier. (=ludicra Luc) (4d). A small, delicate insect with an almost naked body. The wedge-spots are narrow, being separated by broad black interspaces; the external streak angulate, hooklike, being extended close to distal margin. — In Algiers, on meadows, in spring till early .May not rarely on Umbelliferae, for instance near Oran, on the parade-grounds of Constantine, etc.
In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World)
References
- Pierret, 1837 Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 6: 22, pl. 1, f. 8
- A. Hofmann and W. G. Tremewan 2010 A revised check-list of the genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae), based on the biospecies concept Entomologist’s Gazette 61: 119–131 pdf
- Seitz, A., 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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