Zygaena trifolii
Zygaena trifolii, the five-spot burnet, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found from North Africa, through the western Mediterranean, Great Britain and central Europe to Ukraine. It is not found in Scandinavia.[1]
| Five-spot burnet | |
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| At Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Zygaenidae | 
| Genus: | Zygaena | 
| Species: | Z. trifolii  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena trifolii (Esper, 1783)  | |
| Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 28–33 mm. Adults are on wing from the mid-June to the beginning of August in one generation per year.
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Larva
The larvae feed on the leaves of Lotus uliginosus and Lotus corniculatus. The species overwinters in the larval stage and may overwinter twice.
Subspecies
    
- Zygaena trifolii trifolii
 - Zygaena trifolii barcelonensis Reiss, 1922
 - Zygaena trifolii caerulescens Oberthur, 1910
 - Zygaena trifolii decreta Verity, 1925
 - Zygaena trifolii duponcheliana Oberthur, 1910
 - Zygaena trifolii espunnica Reiss, 1936
 - Zygaena trifolii hibera Verity, 1925
 - Zygaena trifolii lusitaniaemixta Verity, 1930
 - Zygaena trifolii olbiana Oberthur, 1910
 - Zygaena trifolii palustrella Verity, 1925
 - Zygaena trifolii palustris Oberthur, 1896
 - Zygaena trifolii pusilla Oberthur, 1910
 - Zygaena trifolii subsyracusia Verity, 1925
 - Zygaena trifolii syracusia Zeller, 1847 (the Channel Islands and the coastal regions of north-western France from Loire-Atlantique to Côtes-d’Armor and Ille-et-Vilaine)
 
References
    
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External links
    
- Five-spot burnet on UKmoths (Ian Kimber: Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland)
 - Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
 - Lepiforum.de
 - schmetterling-raupe
 
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