Zygaena graslini

Zygaena graslini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. graslini
Binomial name
Zygaena graslini
Lederer, 1855

Zygaena graslini is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Syria, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Israel and Lebanon.[1] in graslini the 6 spots of forewing are confluent in pairs, there being a basal, central and marginal red area separated by black bands. In the form confluens Oberth. [synonym of graslini ], from Syria, the basal and central areas are also confluent, the wing being red from the base to beyond the middle.[2]

Subspecies

  • Zygaena graslini graslini
  • Zygaena graslini czipkai G. & H. Reiss, 1971
  • Zygaena graslini kulzeri Reiss, 1932
  • Zygaena graslini maraschensis Reiss, 1935
  • Zygaena graslini pfeifferi Reiss, 1932
  • Zygaena graslini rebeliana Reiss & Tremewan, 1964
  • Zygaena graslini rebeli Reiss, 1932

References

  1. ^ The Entomologist's record and journal of variation
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22., The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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