Zygaena carniolica (Scopoli, 1763)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Zygaenoidea → family Zygaenidae → subfamily Zygaeninae → genus Zygaena → subgenus Agrumenia → species Zygaena carniolica

Species name(s)

Zygaena (Agrumenia) carniolica (Scopoli, 1763) = Sphinx carniolica Scopoli, 1763 = Sphinx onobrychis [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 = Spinx hedysari Hübner, 1796 = Zyganea diniensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 = Zygaena (Agrumenia) carniolica = Anthrocera carniolica. [9, 10, 11]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky.

Primary colors

Red, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Anthrocera carniolica [11].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Holy See, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Crete, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia , Moldova, Monaco, Poland, Russia, Romania, San Marino, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily,Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Cycladic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, Western Caucasus, Krasnoyarsk, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Sredneobskaya, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Red spots on the front wings surrounded obodochkami yellow and black-and-blue belly is decorated with a red belt. The wingspan of 25 to 33 mm. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Anthyllis, Dorycnium, Lotus, Onobrychis. [28].

Subspecies of Zygaena carniolica

Zygaena carniolica amanda Reiss, 1921. [9]
Z. c. berolinensis Lederer, 1852. [9]
Z. c. carniolica. [9]
Z. c. cruenta (Pallas, 1773). [9]
Z. c. demavendi Holik, 1936. [9]
Z. c. descimonti Lucas, 1959. [9]
Z. c. iberica Kolenati, 1846. [9]
Z. c. leonhardi Reiss, 1921. [9]
Z. c. modesta Burgeff, 1914. [9]
Z. c. piatkowskii de Freina, 2006. [9]
Z. c. siciliana Reiss, 1921. [9]
Z. c. virginea (Müller, 1766). [9]
Z. c. wiedemannii Ménétriés, 1839. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Elvir Izmailov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[11] Жизнь животных по А. Э. Брему. Т.2: Членистоногие. М.: Учпедгиз РСФСР, 1941
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012