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Zygaena minos (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Имаго (Zygaena minos)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Zygaena (Mesembrynus) minos (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Sphinx minos [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775 = Zygaena pluto Ochsenheimer, 1808 = Zygaena smirnovi Christoph, 1884 = Zygaena (Mesembrynus) minos = Sphinx pythia. [9, 10]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:11824

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

Primary colors

Red, Green, Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Имаго (Zygaena minos)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia?, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Central European, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Pimpinella saxifraga, Eryngium. [28].

Subspecies of Zygaena minos

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Nadin Flegontova, Vitaly Gumenuk.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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