Zygaena lydia

Zygaena lydia is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family.[1] It is found in Kurdistan and Kherson Oblast.

Zygaena lydia
In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. lydia
Binomial name
Zygaena lydia

In Seitz (1913):[2]

Z. lydia Stgr. (7 a) reminds one in pattern already of the following species, [achilleae], but the wings are densely scaled and the dark ground-colour of the forewing has a strong metallic gloss ; the intensely deep red collar is a further characteristic. From Tauria and Kurdistan. — The very similar cremonae Stgr. (7 a), from the Libanon, has in addition to the red collar a red abdominal belt, the distal patch of the forewing being occasionally somewhat constricted in the centre. In lydia as well as cremonae the very bright scarlet spots of the forewing are united in pairs.

  • In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World)

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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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