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Zygaena

Zygaena trifolii

Photo by Isabela
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Sierra de Gredos

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Zygaena

Species ID Suggestions

Five-spot burnet Moth

Zygaena trifolii
bayucca
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Comments (12)
Isabela
@bayucca. Thank you so much for all the research you've been doing. Yes, Zygaena lonicerae looks more similar to the one I spotted.
bayucca
I have done some research and Zygaena lonicerae lives in that area... Please check yourself, I have some troubles to separate the two... http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Zygaena_trifolii http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Zygaena_Lonicerae I would also slightly tend to question my first ID...
Isabela
Thank you bayucca. I've done some research and Zygaena trifolii lives in that area.
bayucca
I do a very pragmatic ID: Five-spot burnet. I do not have the time to do some research, I just swa 5 spots ;-)...
Isabela
Thank you for your comments. Yes, these moths have beautiful colours.
Janice Parr
What unusual colours in an insect, lovely spotting.
HemaShah
it looks like it has hearts on its wings!! Good one for Valentines Day!

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