Zygaena romeo
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. romeo |
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| Zygaena romeo (Duponchel, 1835)[1] | |
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Zygaena romeo is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in south and southwest Alpine areas, in southern France, in the eastern Pyrenees and in most of Italy.
The wingspan is about 35 millimetres (1.4 in). Adults are on the wing in June and July. They fly during the day.
The larva feed on Vicia and Lathyrus.
Subspecies
- Z. r. romeo
- Z. r. adumbrata Burgeff, 1926
- Z. r. calcanei Rauch, 1975
- Z. r. freyeri Lederer, 1853
- Z. r. lozerica Holik, 1944
- Z. r. megorion Burgeiff, 1926
- Z. r. neapolitana Calberla, 1895
- Z. r. orion Herrich-Schaffer, 1843
- Z. r. parvorion Holik, 1944
- Z. r. planeixi Dujardin, 1971
References
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- European Butterflies and Moths
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- Lepidoptera and their ecology
- Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa