Zygaena rubicundus

Zygaena rubicundus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Zygaena
Species:	Z. rubicundus
Binomial name
	Zygaena rubicundus; (Hubner, 1817)
Synonyms
	Sphinx rubicundus Hubner, 1817;

Zygaena rubicundus is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Italy.[1] Seitz describes it - All the wings red, also the hindmargin, only the apex and distal margin of forewing bearing a black edge, which is a little more than 1 mm wide. — In Central and South Italy. Very local.[2]

The larvae feed on Eryngium species.[3]

References

Fauna Europaea
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.
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[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.

[3] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa