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  2. Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae
Zygaena cynarae(Esper, 1789)
  1. Zygaenidae
  2. Zygaeninae
  3. Zygaena
  4. Mesembrynus
  5.  cynarae
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Habitat

  • Forest clearings
  • Forest edges
  • Glades
  • Railway lines and embankments

MU
FU

28-32 mm

  • France
  • Germany
  • Poland
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    ČeskyVřetenuška smldníková
    DeutschHaarstrang-Widderchen
    EnglishCalcareous Burnet
    FrançaisZygène de l'herbe-aux-cerfs
    FrançaisZygène du Peucédan
    PolskiKraśnik kminowiec
    SlovenčinaVretienka smldníková
    РусскийПестрянка горичниковая
    УкраїнськаКрасик смовдевий
    УкраїнськаСтрокатка смовдева
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    ApiaceaePastinacaParsnip
    ApiaceaePeucedanum cervaria
    ApiaceaePeucedanum oreoselinum
    ApiaceaeSeseli
  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae adriaticaBurgeff, 1926
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae cynarae(Esper, 1789)
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae florianiiDujardin, 1965
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae franconicaHolik, 1936
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae gobertiLe Charles, 1952
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae jadovnikaRauch, 1977
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae samarensisHolik, 1939
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae tolmezzanaMeier, 1957
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae turatiiStandfuss, 1892
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae tuscaVérity, 1930
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae vallettensisReiss, 1958
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae walthariiBurgeff, 1926
  • Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae is a member of the clade Zygaena cynarae:
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Zygaena (Mesembrynus) cynarae(Esper, 1789)
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaPaolo Mazzei
    Polska czerwona księga bezkręgowców
    Schmetterling - RaupeWalter Schön

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Adult.

Łukasz DawidowiczPoland

Female.

Łukasz DawidowiczPoland

Adult.

Anna DawidowiczPoland

Adult.

Łukasz DawidowiczPoland

Adult.

Janusz WójcickiPoland

Copulating pair.

Łukasz DawidowiczPoland

Larva.

Jarosław BuryPoland, Biebrzański Park Narodowy

Larva.

Jarosław BuryPoland, Biebrzański Park Narodowy
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