Zygaena tamara
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| Zygaena tamara | |
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| Zygaena tamara in Seitz b | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. tamara |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena tamara Christoph, 1889 | |
Zygaena tamara is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Zangazur-Daralayaz (Azerbaijan)[1]
In Seitz it is described - Z. tamara Christ. (7b) . One of the finest Zygaenae. All the wings bright yellow, with a delicate rosy tint, the distal margin being black; forewing divided by 2 black transverse bands into 3 areas of nearly equal size. Antenna exceedingly long and strong, the abdomen being broadly belted with red. — ab. rubra Bang-Haas i. l. (7b) the hindwing is rosy red instead of yellow, while in the form daemon Christ. (7 b) the fore- and hindwing are red. All 3 forms occur together in Armenia, but are found only in limited districts.[2][3]
Biology
The larval foodplants are Eryngium billardieri, Eryngium giganteum, Prangos sp. and Ferula haussknechtii[4]
