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Zygaena

Zygaena lonicerae

Notes:

Sierra de Gredos



1 species ID suggestions

Five-spot burnet Moth
Zygaena trifolii

12 Comments

Isabela
Isabela a year ago

@bayucca. Thank you so much for all the research you've been doing. Yes, Zygaena lonicerae looks more similar to the one I spotted.

bayucca
bayucca a year ago

I have done some research and Zygaena lonicerae lives in that area...
Please check yourself, I have some troubles to separate the two...
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki...
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki...
I would also slightly tend to question my first ID...

Isabela
Isabela a year ago

Thank you bayucca. I've done some research and Zygaena trifolii lives in that area.

bayucca
bayucca a year ago

I do a very pragmatic ID: Five-spot burnet. I do not have the time to do some research, I just swa 5 spots ;-)...

Isabela
Isabela a year ago

Thank you Eulalia.

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio a year ago

¡Qué bonita!

Isabela
Isabela a year ago

Thank you for your comments. Yes, these moths have beautiful colours.

Janice Parr
Janice Parr a year ago

What unusual colours in an insect, lovely spotting.

Hemma
Hemma a year ago

it looks like it has hearts on its wings!! Good one for Valentines Day!

Hemma
Hemma a year ago

amazing colors!

Isabela
Isabela a year ago

Thank you!

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

Lovely!

Solosancho, Castilla y León, Spain

Lat: 40.55, Long: -4.95

Spotted on Jul 22, 2011
Submitted on Feb 5, 2012

Reference

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