Zygaena huguenini

Zygaena huguenini is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the Pamir mountains.In Seitz it is described - a large heavy- built Zygaena from the Pamir. Instead of the 3. pair of spots the forewing bears a larg patch occupying the whole marginal area; the 1. and 2. pair of spots of the forewing are separated by a black transverse band, the spots of each pair however being united.[1][2]

Zygaena huguenini
Zygaena huguenini in Seitz i
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. huguenini
Binomial name
Zygaena huguenini

References

  1. A. Hofmann and W. G. Tremewan 2010 A revised check-list of the genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae), based on the biospecies concept Entomologist’s Gazette 61: 119–131 pdf
  2. Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf
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