Zygaena lavandulae

Zygaena lavandulae


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. lavandulae
Binomial name
*Zygaena lavandulae* (Esper, 1783)
Synonyms
Sphinx lavandulae Esper, 1783 Sphinx spicae Hübner, 1796 Zygaena consobrina German, [1835] Zygaena altalavandulae Reiss, 1953 Zygaena izilanica Reiss, 1944 Zygaena teruelensis Reiss, 1936 Zygaena oropesica Reiss, 1965

Zygaena lavandulae is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy,^[1] as well as North Africa, including Morocco.^[2]

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from April to June.

The larvae feed on Dorycnium pentaphyllum^[3] and Anthyllis cytisoides.^[4]

Subspecies

Zygaena lavandulae lavandulae
Zygaena lavandulae alfacarica Tremewan, 1961
Zygaena lavandulae barcelonica Reiss, 1936
Zygaena lavandulae consobrina Germar, 1836
Zygaena lavandulae espunnensis Reiss, 1922
Zygaena lavandulae micheaellae Rungs & Le Charles, 1943

References

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