Zygaena zuleima

Zygaena zuleima
In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. zuleima
Binomial name
Zygaena zuleima
Pierret, 1837[1]

Zygaena zuleima is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family.[2] It is found in the Atlas Mountains (in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).

In Seitz (1913):[3]

Z. zuleima Pier. (=ludicra Luc) (4d). A small, delicate insect with an almost naked body. The wedge-spots are narrow, being separated by broad black interspaces; the external streak angulate, hooklike, being extended close to distal margin. — In Algiers, on meadows, in spring till early .May not rarely on Umbelliferae, for instance near Oran, on the parade-grounds of Constantine, etc.

  • In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World)
    In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World)

References

  1. ^ Pierret, 1837 Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 6: 22, pl. 1, f. 8
  2. ^ A. Hofmann and W. G. Tremewan 2010 A revised check-list of the genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae), based on the biospecies concept Entomologist's Gazette 61: 119–131 pdf
  3. ^ 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.