Zygaenidae Zygaeninae Zygaena (Mesembrynus) aurata Zygaena (Mesembrynus) contaminei
Zygaena (Mesembrynus) brizae (Esper, 1800)
 

Genus: Zygaena Fabricius, 1775   Subgenus: Mesembrynus Hübner, [1819]   Original genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758

Z. (Mesembrynus) brizae (© Daniel Morel)
Adults (mating), Tende (06), 1050m, France, June 23, 2009
(Photo by Daniel Morel)
Z. (Mesembrynus) brizae (© Daniel Morel)
Adult, Peille (06), 1080m, France, June 26, 2009
(Photo by Daniel Morel)
Z. (Mesembrynus) brizae (© Vladimir Savchuk)
Adult, May 2006
(Photo by Vladimir Savchuk, Lepidoptera of Crimean region)
Z. (Mesembrynus) brizae (© Daniel Morel)
Adult, Tende (06), 1050m, France, June 24, 2009
(Photo by Daniel Morel)

Foodplants:
Cirsium arvense, Cirsium eriophorum, Cirsium tuberosum

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