Zygaena occitanica

Zygaena occitanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species: Z. occitanica
Binomial name
Zygaena occitanica
(Villers, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx occitanica Villers, 1789
  • Zygaena valenciaca Reiss, 1965
  • Zygaena tourrettica Reiss, 1953
  • Zygaena azurensis Reiss, 1958
  • Zygaena albicans Reiss, 1965
  • Zygaena albicans Staudinger, 1861
  • Zygaena albipunctata Vartian, 1960

Zygaena occitanica, the Provence burnet, is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from the Algarve and southern Spain up to the eastern parts of the Cantabrian Mountains.

The wingspan is about 23 mm.

Subspecies


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