Zygaena zuleima
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| Zygaena zuleima | |
|---|---|
| In Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. zuleima |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena zuleima Pierret, 1837[1] | |
Zygaena zuleima is a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family.[2] It is found in the Atlas Mountains (in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).
In Seitz (1913):[3]
Z. zuleima Pier. (=ludicra Luc) (4d). A small, delicate insect with an almost naked body. The wedge-spots are narrow, being separated by broad black interspaces; the external streak angulate, hooklike, being extended close to distal margin. — In Algiers, on meadows, in spring till early .May not rarely on Umbelliferae, for instance near Oran, on the parade-grounds of Constantine, etc.