Zygaena ephialtes

Zygaena ephialtes

''Zygaena ephialtes'' is a member of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia.

The wingspan is 35 mm.

The larvae feed on ''Coronilla varia'' and ''Coronilla emerus''.
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Naming

*''Zygaena ephialtes ephialtes''
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes albaflavens'' Verity, 1920
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes albarubens'' Verity, 1946
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes athamanthae''
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes bohemia'' Reiss, 1922
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes chalkidikae'' Holik, 1937
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes corcyrica'' Rauch, 1981
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes coronillae''
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes danastriensis'' Holik, 1939
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes istoki'' Silbernagel, 1944
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes ligus'' Verity, 1946
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes lurica'' Dujardin, 1965
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes medusa''
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes meridiei'' Burgeff, 1926
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes pannonica'' Holik, 1937
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes peucedani''
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes podolica'' Holik, 1932
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes retyesati'' Holik, 1948
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes roussilloni'' Koch, 1940
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes smolikana'' Naumann & Rose, 1981
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes tambovensis'' Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1953
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes taurida'' Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1953
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes transpadana'' Verity, 1946
⤷ ''Zygaena ephialtes tymphrestica'' Holik, 1948

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyZygaenidae
GenusZygaena
SpeciesZ. ephialtes