Zygaena

For other uses, see Zygaena (disambiguation).

Zygaena
Zygaena ephialtes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Subfamily: Zygaeninae
Genus: Zygaena
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
List
  • * Anthrocera Scopoli, 1777
    • Hesychia Hübner, [1819]
    • Agrumenia Hübner, [1819]
    • Eutychia Hübner, [1819]
    • Anthilaria Hübner, [1819]
    • Aeacis Hübner, [1819]
    • Thermophila Hübner, [1819]
    • Lycastes Hübner, [1819]
    • Mesembrynus Hübner, [1819]
    • Silvicola Burgeff, 1926
    • Hyala Burgeff, 1926
    • Santolinophaga Burgeff, 1926
    • Peucedanophila Burgeff, 1926
    • Lictoria Burgeff, 1926
    • Peristygia Burgeff, 1926
    • Coelestis Burgeff, 1926
    • Polymorpha Burgeff, 1926
    • Yasumatsuia Strand, 1936
    • Bizankoia Strand, 1936
    • Argumenoidea Holik, 1937
    • Cirsiphaga Holik, 1953
    • Coelestina Holik, 1953
    • Libania Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1956
    • Usgenta Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1956
    • Huebneriana Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1957
    • Burgeffia Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
    • Mesembrynoidea Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1958
    • Epizygaena Jordan, [1907]
Zygaena filipendulae

Zygaena is a genus of moths in the family Zygaenidae.[1][2] These brightly coloured, day-flying moths are native to the West Palearctic.

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Zygaena​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Savela was invoked but never defined (see the help page).