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Zygaena osterodensis
Zygaena osterodensis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.
From the article Zygaena osterodensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is about 35 mm. The color of body and forewings is black, with red patches almost always confluent into each other forming two parallel stripes. Moroeover in the apex of the forewings is pointed. The caterpillars are about 20 millimeters long. They have a light gray-turquoise ground color, with large black spots. This species is very similar to Zygaena romeo.
Range & habitat
This species can be found in continental Europe, Russia included, except the south of the Iberian Peninsula and southern Italy, Greece and Great Britain, Denmark and northern Scandinavia. It reaches Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Lake Baikal.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 465771.