Biology:Zygaena cocandica

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Short description: Species of moth

Zygaena cocandica
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Zygaena
Species:
Z. cocandica
Binomial name
Zygaena cocandica
Erschoff, 1874

Zygaena cocandica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. In Seitz it is described as "A very remarkable form with yellow spots on the forewing, only the basal ones being shaded with red, it has sometimes an entirely red abdomen ab.karategini Gr.-Grsh., from Buchara" Also in Seitz as erschoffi Stgr. it is described as having "spots 5 and 6 often widely separate, standing side by side rather than one below the other; collar and 1-2 abdominal segments red, sometimes also the shoulders, as in our last figure: Pamir."[1].The length of the forewings is about 12 mm.

Subspecies

  • Zygaena cocandica cocandica (southern Kyrgyzstan)
  • Zygaena cocandica minor
  • Zygaena cocandica hafiza (Tajikistan)

References

  1. Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.,The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q8075756 entry