Zygaena_tamara

<i>Zygaena tamara</i>

Zygaena tamara

Species of moth

Zygaena tamara is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Zangazur və Daralayaz.[1]

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Description

In Seitz it is described - Z. tamara Christ. (7b) . One of the finest Zygaenae. All the wings bright yellow, with a delicate rosy tint, the distal margin being black; forewing divided by 2 black transverse bands into 3 areas of nearly equal size. Antenna exceedingly long and strong, the abdomen being broadly belted with red. — ab. rubra Bang-Haas i. l. (7b) the hindwing is rosy red instead of yellow, while in the form daemon Christ. (7 b) the fore- and hindwing are red. All 3 forms occur together in Armenia, but are found only in limited districts.[2][3]

Biology

The larval foodplants are Eryngium billardieri , Eryngium giganteum, Prangos sp. and Ferula haussknechtii[4]

Subspecies

  • Z. t. tamara
  • Z. t. mahabadica Reiss, 1978
  • Z. t. kerendica Reiss, 1978
  • Z. t. bijarica (Reiss, 1978)

References

  1. [1]
    Efetov K. A., 2005 The Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea and other regions of Eurasia. – Simferopol: CSMU Press, 2005. – 420 pp.
  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.
  4. [4]
    Özkol, H., Kayci L. and Pinar S., 2009 Notes on the biology of Zygaena (Mesembrynus) tamara placida A.Bang-Haas, 1913 (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae). Cesa News Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara pdf
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