Zygaena brizae (Esper, 1800)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Mesembrynus → species Zygaena brizae
Species name(s)
Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae (Esper, 1800) = Sphinx brizae Esper, 1800 = Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Russia regions
#10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Albania, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Crete, Poland, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, the Volga-Fair. [3]. Peter Khramov.
- Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Italy (mainland), Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia ?, Slovakia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland) Croatia, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [10]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Cirsium arvense, Cirsium eriophorum, Cirsium tuberosum. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Zygaena brizae
- Z. b. araratensis Reiss, 1935.
- Z. b. brizae (Esper, 1800).
- Z. b. burssensis Reiss, 1928.
- Z. b. corycia Staudinger, 1871.
- Z. b. drvarica (Rauch, 1977).
- Z. b. lycaonica Reiss, 1935.
- Z. b. ochrida (Holik, 1937).
- Z. b. staudingeriana Reiss, 1932.
- Z. b. trikalica (Reiss, 1977).
- Z. b. trikalica Reiss, 1972.
- Z. b. tsibilisica G. & H. Reiss, 1973.
- Z. b. vesubiana (Le Charles, 1933).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photo:
Igal Oz. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [3] Ефетов К. А. Zygaenidae. — Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
- [10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
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