Biology:Fire grid burnet
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Short description: Species of moth
| Fire grid burnet | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Arniocera |
| Species: | A. erythropyga
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| Binomial name | |
| Arniocera erythropyga Wallengren, 1860
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The fire grid burnet (Arniocera erythropyga) is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae[citation needed] found in Zimbabwe and Malawi to Mozambique and South Africa .
This moth looks different from other burnets, mainly because of its colours. The common name of this moth refers to its fore wing pattern of black-edged, red bands on a metallic blue-green ground colour. The hind wing is pinkish red with a broad, marginal band of black. Males have hairs covering their head.
References
- David Carter. Eyewitness Handbooks on Butterflies and Moths 1995.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Arniocera erythropyga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=82429. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q15639243 entry
cs:Vřetenuška tužebníková
da:Seksplettet køllesværmer
de:Sechsfleck-Widderchen
fr:Zygène de la spirée
lt:Vingiorykštinis marguolis
nl:Sint-Jansvlinder
sk:Vretienka obyčajná
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