Five-spot burnet

Zygaena trifolii

''Zygaena trifolii'', the five-spot burnet, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found from North Africa, through the western Mediterranean, southern Great Britain and central Europe to Ukraine. It is not found in Scandinavia, the central Alps and Italy.


The wingspan is 28–33 mm. Adults are on wing from the mid June to the beginning of August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Lotus uliginosus'' and ''Lotus corniculatus''. The species overwinters in the larval stage and may overwinter twice.
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Naming

*''Zygaena trifolii trifolii''
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii barcelonensis'' Reiss, 1922
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii caerulescens'' Oberthur, 1910
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii decreta'' Verity, 1925
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii duponcheliana'' Oberthur, 1910
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii espunnica'' Reiss, 1936
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii hibera'' Verity, 1925
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii lusitaniaemixta'' Verity, 1930
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii olbiana'' Oberthur, 1910
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii palustrella'' Verity, 1925
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii palustris'' Oberthur, 1896
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii pusilla'' Oberthur, 1910
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii subsyracusia'' Verity, 1925
⤷ ''Zygaena trifolii syracusia'' Zeller, 1847

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyZygaenidae
GenusZygaena
SpeciesZ. trifolii
Photographed in
Germany
United Kingdom
Portugal