Biology:Zygaena escalerai
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Short description: Species of moth
Zygaena escalerai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Zygaena |
Species: | Z. escalerai
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Binomial name | |
Zygaena escalerai Poujade, 1900[1]
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Zygaena escalerai is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family.[2] It is found in Iran. In Seitz it is described - Z. escalerai Pouj. has orange spots on forewing, the external pairs being confluent; spot 6 is elongate and transverse. The hindwing is orange, with a vermilion tint, the disc being hyaline and the apex black, there being a black dot situated at centre of distal margin. The species has been discovered in Persia, the type contained in the Paris Museum being caught by Escalera [Manuel Martínez de la Escalera] in July. According to the description this form is allied to the fraxini-truchmena group.[3]
References
- ↑ Poujade, G. A., 1900, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, 6 (2): 68.
- ↑ 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14529490 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygaena escalerai.
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