Biology:Zygaena trifolii

Short description: Species of moth

Five-spot burnet
At Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. trifolii
Binomial name
Zygaena trifolii (Esper, 1783)
Synonyms
Sphinx trifolii Esper, 1783 Zygaena trifolii vindilisensis Leraut, 2012

Zygaena trifolii, the five-spot burnet, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found from North Africa, through the western Mediterranean, Great Britain and central Europe to Ukraine . It is not found in Scandinavia.

The wingspan is 28–33 mm. Adults are on wing from the mid-June to the beginning of August in one generation per year.

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  Larva

The larvae feed on the leaves of Lotus uliginosus and Lotus corniculatus. The species overwinters in the larval stage and may overwinter twice.

Subspecies

• Zygaena trifolii trifolii
• Zygaena trifolii barcelonensis Reiss, 1922
• Zygaena trifolii caerulescens Oberthur, 1910
• Zygaena trifolii decreta Verity, 1925
• Zygaena trifolii duponcheliana Oberthur, 1910
• Zygaena trifolii espunnica Reiss, 1936
• Zygaena trifolii hibera Verity, 1925
• Zygaena trifolii lusitaniaemixta Verity, 1930
• Zygaena trifolii olbiana Oberthur, 1910
• Zygaena trifolii palustrella Verity, 1925
• Zygaena trifolii palustris Oberthur, 1896
• Zygaena trifolii pusilla Oberthur, 1910
• Zygaena trifolii subsyracusia Verity, 1925
• Zygaena trifolii syracusia Zeller, 1847 (the Channel Islands and the coastal regions of north-western France from Loire-Atlantique to Côtes-d’Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine)

External links

• Five-spot burnet on UKmoths (Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland)
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Lepiforum.de
• schmetterling-raupe

Wikidata ☰ Q1087286 entry