Zygaena rubicundus (Hubner, 1817)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Mesembrynus → species Zygaena rubicundus
Species name(s)
Zygaena (Mesembrynus) rubicundus (Hubner, 1817) = Sphinx rubicundus Hübner, 1817 = Zygaena (Mesembrynus) rubicundus = Zygaena pallescens Stauder 1915 = Zygaena polygalaeformis Verity 1916 = Zygaena pseudofaitensis Stauder 1929.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Italy. [1]. Peter Khramov.
- Italy (mainland). [10]. Peter Khramov.
Larva food plants
- Eryngium. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Zygaena rubicundus
- Z. r. tarentensis Dujardin 1965.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Ilaria Pimpinelli, Paolo Mazzei. Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- [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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