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  2. Zygaena (Z.) transalpina
Zygaena transalpina(Esper, 1780)
  1. Zygaenidae
  2. Zygaeninae
  3. Zygaena
  4. Zygaena
  5.  transalpina
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  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    DeutschHufeisenklee-Widderchen
    EnglishSouthern Six Spot Burnet
    EspañolGitanilla transalpina
    FrançaisZygène transalpine
    ItalianoZigena transalpina
    NederlandsZuidelijke sint-jansvlinder
    زبان_فارسیجنگل‌بان جنوب آلپ
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    FabaceaeAstragalus glycyphyllosWild Liquorice
    FabaceaeCoronillaVetch
    FabaceaeHippocrepis comosaHorseshoe Vetch
    FabaceaeLotus corniculatusBirdsfoot Trefoil
    FabaceaeLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot Trefoil
    FabaceaeSecurigera variaCrown Vetch
  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina alpinaBoisduval, 1834
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina altitudinariaTurati, 1910
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina annaeAistleitner, 1979
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina astragali(Borkhausen, 1793)
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina bavaricaBurgeff, 1922
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina centralisOberthür, 1907
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina centricataloniaeBurgeff, 1926
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina centripyrenaeaBurgeff, 1926
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina collinaBurgeff, 1926
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina curtisiTremewan, 1961
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina dufayiDujardin, 1965
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina emendataVérity, 1916
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina gulsensisDaniel, 1954
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina helveticaBethune-Baker & Rothschild, 1921
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina hilfiReiss, 1922
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina hippocrepidis(Hübner, 1799)
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina intermediaRocci, 1914
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina jugiBurgeff, 1926
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina latinaVérity, 1920
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina maritimaOberthür, 1898
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina marujaeTremewan & Manley, 1965
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina miltosaCandeze, 1883
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina philippsiRomei, 1927
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina provincialisOberthür, 1907
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina pseudoalpinaTurati, 1910
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina rupicolaRocci, 1936
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina segustericaDujardin, 1965
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina sorrentinaeformisRocci, 1938
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina splugenaBurgeff, 1926
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina subalticolaRocci, 1918
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina tenuissimaBurgeff, 1914
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina tilaventaHolik, 1935
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina transalpina(Esper, 1780)
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina xanthographaGermar, 1836
  • Zygaena (Z.) transalpina is a member of the clade Zygaena transalpina:
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Zygaena (Z.) angelicaeOchsenheimer, 1808
    Zygaena (Z.) dorycniiOchsenheimer, 1808
    Zygaena (Z.) ephialtes(Linnaeus, 1767)
    Zygaena (Z.) transalpina(Esper, 1780)
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    Lepidoptera and their ecologyWolfgang Wagner
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaPaolo Mazzei
    Plants parasites of EuropeWillem N. Ellis
    Schmetterling - RaupeWalter Schön

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