Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii trifolii

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae

Zygaena trifolii, the five-spot burnet, is a day-flying moth in the family Zygaenidae found in North Africa and Europe. It was described by the German zoologist Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1783 from the type specimen found in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Description The wingspan is 28–33 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 3

Sources and credits

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