Zygaena_aurata

<i>Zygaena aurata</i>

Zygaena aurata

Species of moth

Zygaena aurata is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae.[2] It is found in the Atlas mountains of Morocco. In Seitz it is described Z. aurata as a form (now species) of favonia with glossy brass-yellow ground-colour: discovered in Julv in the Moroccan Atlas.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Blachier, C.T., 1905 Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1905: 213
  2. [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. [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.


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