Zygaena loti
Slender Scotch burnet | |
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Zygaena loti. Dorsal view | |
Lateral view | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Zygaena |
Species: | Z. loti |
Binomial name | |
Zygaena loti (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
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Zygaena loti, the slender Scotch burnet, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:[1]
- 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
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia.[2] These moths inhabit flowering rocky slopes, forest edges, clearings, limestone background, xerophilous steppes and dry grassland, at an elevation up to 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) above sea level.[3]
Description
Zygaena loti has a wingspan of 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July. The wings are rounded and the legs are partly white. Frontwings are grayish-blue in the males, yellow-gray in the females, with six red spots which partly flow together. The kidney-shaped spot at the tip of the forewings consists in fact of the fifth and sixth spots, which have grown together. The hindwings are red and have a black border.
This species is rather similar to Zygaena exulans, Zygaena filipendulae and Zygaena lonicerae.
The caterpillars can reach a length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). They are olive-green or yellow-green, with two yellow and two black dots on each segment and short white hairs.[4]
Biology
The adult moths fly in sunshine from mid-June to early July. The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus, Hippocrepis comosa, Coronilla, Onobrychis and Securigera species. They overwinter once or twice as a larva.[5]
Gallery
- Mating
- Feeding on a Centaurea
- Mounted specimen
External links
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Funet - Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Lepiforum.de
- ↑ Paolo Mazzei, Daniel Morel, Raniero Panfili Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa