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Zygaenidae

58 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Zygaenidae

Zygaena rhadamanthus Esper, 1789 is a moth species with described forms from southwestern Europe, recorded feeding on Dorycnium as larvae.

Zygaena occitanica, the Provence burnet, is a 23 mm wingspan Zygaenidae moth found from southern Europe to western Central Asia.

Zygaena romeo is a moth species found in parts of southern Europe, with distinct wing markings and rounded forewing apexes.

Zygaena punctum is a moth species found across southern Europe and western Asia, with several described forms and variations.

Zygaena laeta Hübner, 1790 is a moth species found in Central and South-Eastern Europe, with distinct red and black wing markings.

Zygaena hilaris is a polymorphous moth species found in southwestern Europe with distinct red and black wing patterns.

Zygaena centaureae is a Zygaenidae moth found in Ukraine and Russia, once considered a form of Zygaena cynarae.

Zygaena purpuralis is a medium-sized moth with distinct red wing markings found across much of Europe and western Asia.

Zygaena minos is a Zygaenidae moth found across most of Europe that forms a species complex with Zygaena purpuralis.

Pryeria sinica, the euonymus defoliator moth, is a zygaenid moth native to Asia introduced to the US.

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