Zygaena transalpina (Esper, 1780) Species
Last modified: Jan. 23, 2021, 4:41 p.m.
This very rare and local species is only known from a few localities in three southern provinces.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Zygaenidae > Subfamily: Zygaeninae > Genus: Zygaena > Subgenus: Zygaena > Species: Zygaena transalpina
- Vernacular names
- Zuidelijke sint-jansvlinder (NL)
- Synonyms
- Zygaena hippocrepidis (Hübner, 1799)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1857a. Catalogue des Insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 1: 1–111. On page 44.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Flight periods
The adults fly in June and July. They are active during the day.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Hippocrepis comosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Lotus and Coronilla
The larva lives on Lotus spp., Coronilla spp. and Hippocrepis comosa. Cocoon detached on the stems of grasses.
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