Zygaena sedi

Zygaena sedi is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.[1] In Seitz it is described - Z. sedi Fab. (6k). In this insect the spots of each pair are merged together to large light red patches, these being separated from each other only by thin lines of the transparent ground-colour. Abdomen without belt. Coasts of the Black Sea. [2] [3]

Zygaena sedi
Zygaena sedi 6k
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Zygaenidae
Genus:
Zygaena
Species:
Z. sedi
Binomial name
Zygaena sedi
Fabricius, 1787

Subspecies
  • Zygaena sedi sedi
  • Zygaena sedi dellabrunai Dujardin, 1981
  • Zygaena sedi sliwenensis Reiss, 1933
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References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. 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
  3. 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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