TL: (1500 m.)
Habitat
- Limestone background
- Xerophilous meadows
- Xerophilous steppes
24-27 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyVřetenuška třeslicová 
FrançaisZygène de la Vésubie 
PolskiKraśnik smugowiec 
SlovenčinaVretienka pichliačová 
РусскийПестрянка трясунковая
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Cirsium eriophorum Woolly Thistle Asteraceae Cirsium pannonicum - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Cirsium Thistle
- Subspecies
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Species Author Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae brizae (Esper, 1800) Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae drvarica Rauch, 1977 Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae ochrida Holik, 1937 Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae trikalica Reiss, 1977 Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae vesubiana Le Charles, 1933
- Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae is a member of the clade Zygaena purpuralis:
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Species Author Zygaena (Mesembrynus) alpherakyi (Sheljuzhko, 1936) Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae (Esper, 1800) Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cambysea Lederer, 1870 Zygaena (Mesembrynus) erythrus (Hübner, 1806) Zygaena (Mesembrynus) minos (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Zygaena (Mesembrynus) pseudorubincundus Klir & Naumann, 2002 Zygaena (Mesembrynus) purpuralis (Brünnich, 1763) Zygaena (Mesembrynus) rubicundus (Hübner, 1817)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Lepidoptera of Crimea Владимир Савчук 
Lepiforum e. V. 
Polska czerwona księga bezkręgowców
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