Zygaena loti
| Slender Scotch burnet | |
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| Feeding on a Centaurea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. loti |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena loti (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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Zygaena loti, the slender Scotch burnet, is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia.[1]
The wingspan is 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on Lotus corniculatus, Hippocrepis comosa and Securigera species.
Subspecies
- 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
References
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