ZYGAENIDAE | Zygaeninae | Zygaenini

54.006 Zygaena exulans (Scotch Burnet)

ws: 22-33mm, fw: 10-16mm; mid-Jun to mid-Jul; crowberry (Empetrum nigrum); RDB - eastern Cairngorms at 700-850m* nr Braemar
​* we found them from 580m
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Zygaena exulans (Scotch Burnet) §1 male
ID: Spot 1 elongate reaching spot 3, spot 6 absent. Females with yellow-white patagia (and some veins)
  • Variation
  • Dissection
  • Male genitalia
  • Female genitalia
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§1 Morrone, Aberdeenshire; 28/06/2021; male; fw 12.0mm
§2 Morrone, Aberdeenshire; 28/06/2021; female; fw 13.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 06/07/2021 (§1&2)