Zygaena carniolica

Zygaena carniolica
Adult
Pair Mating
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. carniolica
Binomial name
Zygaena carniolica (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
Sphinx carniolica Scopoli, 1763 Sphinx onobrychis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 Zyganea diniensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 Sphynx cruenta Pallas, 1773 Sphinx flaveola Esper, 1786 Sphinx hedysari Hubner, 1796 Sphinx virginea Muller, 1766 Zyganea vandarbanensis Reiss, 1938 Zyganea croatica Reiss, 1941 Zyganea sagarraiana Reiss & Tremewan, 1964 Zyganea piemonticola Reiss, 1941 Zyganea formiacola Reiss & Tremewan, 1964 Zyganea aspromontica Reiss, 1941 Zyganea media Reiss, 1918 Zyganea pinskica Reiss, 1941 Zyganea tuapsica Reiss, 1941 Zyganea wiedemannii Ménétriés, 1839 Zyganea alta Reiss, 1921 Zyganea amabilis Reiss, 1921 Zyganea achalzichensis Reiss, 1935 Zygaena carniolica rogervillensis Leraut, 2012 Zygaena carniolica besseensis Leraut, 2012

Zygaena carniolica is a member of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except northern Scandinavia.^[1]

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. Adults feed on the nectar of flowers in the Fabaceae family.

The larvae feed on Lotus species.

Subspecies

• Zygaena carniolica carniolica
• Zygaena carniolica albarracina Staudinger, 1887
• Zygaena carniolica amanda Reiss, 1921
• Zygaena carniolica amistosa Aistleitner & Lencina Gutierrez, 1995
• Zygaena carniolica apennina Turati, 1884
• Zygaena carniolica berolinensis Lederer, 1853
• Zygaena carniolica cruenta (Pallas, 1773)
• Zygaena carniolica demavendi Holik, 1936
• Zygaena carniolica descimonti Lucas, 1959
• Zygaena carniolica diniensis Herrich-Schaffer, 1852
• Zygaena carniolica flaveola (Esper, 1786)
• Zygaena carniolica graeca Staudinger, 1870
• Zygaena carniolica hedysari (Hübner, 1796)
• Zygaena carniolica leonhardi Reiss, 1921
• Zygaena carniolica magdalenae Abeille, 1909
• Zygaena carniolica modesta Burgeff, 1914 (from northern and central France through Belgium, Luxembourg, central and southern Germany to northern Austria, the Czech Republic and southern Poland)
• Zygaena carniolica moraulti Holik, 1938
• Zygaena carniolica piatkowskii de Freina, 2006
• Zygaena carniolica rhaeticola Burgeff, 1926
• Zygaena carniolica roccii Verity, 1920
• Zygaena carniolica siciliana Reiss, 1921
• Zygaena carniolica virginea (Muller, 1766)
• Zygaena carniolica wiedemannii Menetries, 1839

References

1. Fauna Europaea

External links

• Media related to Zygaena carniolica at Wikimedia Commons