Zygaenidae : Zygaeninae
Slender Scotch Burnet
ZYGAENA (Zygaena) loti ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Subspecies
Z.l.scotia Rowland-Brown, 1919 - Scotland,Hebridean Islands Mull & Ulva
Slender Scotch Burnet
ZYGAENA (Zygaena) loti ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Subspecies
Z.l.scotia Rowland-Brown, 1919 - Scotland,Hebridean Islands Mull & Ulva
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: Male - 26-31mm Female - 29-30mm
Worldwide Distribution: From Scotland to Cantabrian Mountains,and Balkans to north of Poland and eastwards to Siberia
UK Distribution: Restricted to Scotland at five or six sites on the Hebridean Islands of Mull and Ulva
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Grassy Slopes : Rocky areas near coast
Similar Species -
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon on the ground
Overwinters as: Larva sometimes overwinters twice
Observations: This Scottish subspecies Z.l.scotia differs from the nominate subspecies Z.l.loti which occurs around Vienna outwards to Romania and and southern parts of Ukraine, by the densely hairy body,legs which are marked brown instead of whitish and the forewing spots pinkish red.
Found on on the Scottish Hebridean Island of Mull and Ulva this moth is categorised as a Red Data Book 3 species, classified as rare, being only seen in 11-15 10km squares and is also on the Scottish Biodiversity List.
The red spot adjacent to the apex is the largest due to the joining together of two spots whereas the remaining four spots are usually separate.
The hindwing has a very narrow black border. The moth is highly variable across its range with many forms and subspecies listed.
Worldwide Distribution: From Scotland to Cantabrian Mountains,and Balkans to north of Poland and eastwards to Siberia
UK Distribution: Restricted to Scotland at five or six sites on the Hebridean Islands of Mull and Ulva
UK Conservation Status -
- Red Data Book Species (Rare) (RBD3) = 11 - 15 10Km squares
- Scottish Biodiversity List - species of principal importance for biodiversity conservation 2005
- BAP : 2007 - Priority Species
- Common becoming rarer locally
- Sphinx loti ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
- Sphinx filipendulae Linnaeus,1758
- Austria - Vienna District
Habitat: Grassy Slopes : Rocky areas near coast
Similar Species -
- None
Pupa: Pupates in a cocoon on the ground
Overwinters as: Larva sometimes overwinters twice
Observations: This Scottish subspecies Z.l.scotia differs from the nominate subspecies Z.l.loti which occurs around Vienna outwards to Romania and and southern parts of Ukraine, by the densely hairy body,legs which are marked brown instead of whitish and the forewing spots pinkish red.
Found on on the Scottish Hebridean Island of Mull and Ulva this moth is categorised as a Red Data Book 3 species, classified as rare, being only seen in 11-15 10km squares and is also on the Scottish Biodiversity List.
The red spot adjacent to the apex is the largest due to the joining together of two spots whereas the remaining four spots are usually separate.
The hindwing has a very narrow black border. The moth is highly variable across its range with many forms and subspecies listed.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Coronilla varia - Crown Vetch
- Lotus corniculatus - Bird's-foot Trefoil - Common Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Onobrychis - Sainfoin : Hippocrepis - Vetch
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Onobrychis - Sainfoin : Hippocrepis - Vetch
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Zygaenoidea Zygaenidae Zygaeninae Zygaenini ZYGAENA Fabricius, 1775 Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 Zygaena (Zygaena) loti ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Sphinx filipendulae Linnaeus,1758 - SPHINX loti ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) = Zygaena fulvia Fabricius, [1777] = Sphinx achilleae Esper 1780 = Sphinx amsteinii Scheven, 1782 = Sphinx bellis Borkhausen, 1789 = Sphinx serpylli Borkhausen, 1789 = Sphinx triptolemus Hübner, [1806] = Sphinx bellidis Hübner, [1806] ] = Lycastes anthyllidis Hübner, [1819] = Zygaena janthina Boisduval, [1828] = Zygaena bitorquata Ménétriés, 1832 = Zygaena laphria Freyer, [1851] = Zygaena wagneri Millière, 1885 = Zygaena (Zygaena) loti - Sphinx loti loti ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.45 - n.3 - Austria-Vienna District - Z.l. scotica (Rowland-Brown 1919) - Scotland,Hebridean Islands Mull & Ulva - body densly hairy,legs marked brown not white,spots pinkish red Z.l. achilleae (Esper 1780) - Bavaria & Northern France to Ukraine Z.l.alpestris Burgeff 1914 - Switzerland & north and centre of French Alps Z.l.anatonica Burgeff, 1926 - Anatolia Z.l.arragonensis Staudinger 1887 - from Teruel Z.l.avilensis Koch 1948 - from centre of Spain Z.l.balcanica Reiss 1922 - Bosnia Herzegovina Z.l.erythristica Tremewan & Manley 1969 Spain (Gerona) and Pyranees -Orientales(Coustouges) Z.l.failliei Dujardin 1970 - from Maine-and Loire (France) Z.l.georgiae Reiss, 1922 - northern Armenia & south parts of Georgia Z.l.hypochlora Dujardin 1964 - souther area of Massif Central Z.l.janthina Boisduval 1828 - from Isére to north Alpes-Maritimes & Piedmont Z.l.karatshaica Sheljuzhko, 1936 - Georgia & Russia Z.l.ligustica Rocci 1913 - Piedmont to eastern side Liguria Z.l.loti (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775) - Nominate subspecies - does not occur in Great Britain - Vienna and widespread as far as southetn parts of Ukraine Z.l.macedonica Burgeff 1926 - Greece,Macedonia & Bulgaria Z.l.miniacea Oberthür 1910 - Atlantic coast of France Z.l.osthelderi Burgeff 1926 - from western Liguria Z.l.pardoi Ajenjo, 1953 - Cantabrian Mountains Z.l.phoeicea Staudinger, 1887 - Malatia (Turkey) Z.l.praeclara Burgeff 1926 - from Trentino Alto-Adige Z.l.restricta Stauder 1915 - central and southern Italy Z.l.tristis Oberthür 1884 - French central Pyrenees Z.l.wagneri Millière 1885 - coast of Alps-Maritimes (Nice,Grasse) Z.l.zobeli Reiss 1921 - North Germany to northern Poland - Z.l.f.flava Oberthür, 1896 - red on wings replaced by yellow Z.l.f.aurantiaca Reiss, 1939 - orange tone Z.l.f.brunnea Dziurzynski, 1902 - coffee brown Z.l.f.nigerrima Lonitz, 1924 - or blackish Z.l.f.confluens Dziurzynski, 1902 - basal spots joined in pairs Z.l.f.sexmaculata Dziurzynski, 1908 - spot 6 seperated from 5 Z.l.f.geisekingi Wagner, 1905 - spot 3 may be missing Z.l.f.subcaerulea, Milliére, 1886 - forewing background bluish black Z.l.f.nigra Dziurzynski, 1906 - on hindwing black broder can suffuse almost whole wing Z.l.f.cingulata Dziurzynski, 1902 - abdomen bears one ring |