It is a large Zygaena with translucent wings with oval or rounded red spots. The anterior median spot is well developed. The basal posterior and median posterior spots are large and linked with a red line which can be missing in some specimens. The wingspan is about 30–31 mm.[2]
Z. cynarae Exp. (= millefolii Esp.) 5-spotted, the body entirely without hairs, with metallic green gloss; wings very sparsely scaled, the colour appearing pale. The abdomen bears a red ring which is more distinct at the sides than above. In ab. turatii Stdf. [now subspecies] the abdominal belt is entirely missing above, appearing only as a lateral spot; North Italy, Dalmatia; near Pegli, at the Riviera, I met constantly with this form, while it occurs elsewhere only sparingly among the type-form. — ab. tricingulata Burgeff [ synonym of cynarae ] has 3 abdominal belts, which, however, are usually red only above and laterally, not below. —. In genistae H.-Sch. (= dahurica H.-Sch. ), from South France, Hungary and the Tyrol, the forewing is paler and more transparent. — centaureae Fisch.-Wald. [now full species Zygaena centaureae ] has a stronger antenna and the 5th spot is prolonged towards the hind angle. — Larva greenish above, yellowish grey at the sides ; subdorsal black dots, near which there are yellow spots; head greyish green.[3]
Biologyedit
Adults are on wing from mid May to July.
The larvae feed on Peucedanum species, including Peucedanum cervaria.[4] Part of the larvae overwinter multiple times. Full-grown larvae can be found from April to the beginning of June.
It is a very local and sedentary species, which requires dense colonies of its hostplant. They are sluggish and clumsy insects; the individuals occur more singly, there being apparently no decided flight-places as is the case with other Burnets.
^Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
zygaena, cynarae, species, moth, zygaenidae, family, found, from, france, east, russia, cynarae, turatii, seitzscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, zygaenidaegenus, zygaenaspecies. Zygaena cynarae is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family It is found from France east to Russia 1 Zygaena cynaraeZ c cynarae and Z c turatii in SeitzScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily ZygaenidaeGenus ZygaenaSpecies Z cynaraeBinomial nameZygaena cynarae Esper 1789 SynonymsSphinx cynarae Esper 1789 Sphinx veronicae Borkhausen 1789 Sphinx millefolii Borkhausen 1789 Sphinx cinarae Esper 1800 Zygaena uralensis Herrich Schaffer 1846 Zygaena genistae Herrich Schaffer 1846 Zygaena goberti Le Charles 1952 Zygaena slovakica Reiss 1968 Zygaena turatii Standfuss 1892It is a large Zygaena with translucent wings with oval or rounded red spots The anterior median spot is well developed The basal posterior and median posterior spots are large and linked with a red line which can be missing in some specimens The wingspan is about 30 31 mm 2 Contents 1 Technical description and variation Seitz 2 Biology 3 Subspecies 4 ReferencesTechnical description and variation Seitz editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms Z cynarae Exp millefolii Esp 5 spotted the body entirely without hairs with metallic green gloss wings very sparsely scaled the colour appearing pale The abdomen bears a red ring which is more distinct at the sides than above In ab turatii Stdf now subspecies the abdominal belt is entirely missing above appearing only as a lateral spot North Italy Dalmatia near Pegli at the Riviera I met constantly with this form while it occurs elsewhere only sparingly among the type form ab tricingulata Burgeff synonym of cynarae has 3 abdominal belts which however are usually red only above and laterally not below In genistae H Sch dahurica H Sch from South France Hungary and the Tyrol the forewing is paler and more transparent centaureae Fisch Wald now full species Zygaena centaureae has a stronger antenna and the 5th spot is prolonged towards the hind angle Larva greenish above yellowish grey at the sides subdorsal black dots near which there are yellow spots head greyish green 3 Biology editAdults are on wing from mid May to July The larvae feed on Peucedanum species including Peucedanum cervaria 4 Part of the larvae overwinter multiple times Full grown larvae can be found from April to the beginning of June It is a very local and sedentary species which requires dense colonies of its hostplant They are sluggish and clumsy insects the individuals occur more singly there being apparently no decided flight places as is the case with other Burnets Subspecies editZygaena cynarae cynarae Zygaena cynarae adriatica Burgeff 1926 Zygaena cynarae florianii Dujardin 1965 Zygaena cynarae franconica Holik 1936 Zygaena cynarae goberti Le Charles 1952 Zygaena cynarae jadovnika Rauch 1977 Zygaena cynarae samarensis Holik 1939 Zygaena cynarae tolmezzana Meier 1957 Zygaena cynarae turatii Standfuss 1892 Zygaena cynarae tusca Verity 1930 Zygaena cynarae vallettensis Reiss 1958 Zygaena cynarae waltharii Burgeff 1926References edit Fauna Europaea lepiforum de Seitz A 1913 in Seitz Gross Schmett Erde 6 22 The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2 Volume The Palearctic Bombyces amp Sphinges pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Schmetterlinge und ihre Okologie nbsp This article on a moth of the family Zygaenidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zygaena cynarae amp oldid 1133132683, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
