Zygaena angelicae
The Elegans burnet or Ungeringtes Kronwickenwidderchen ( Zygaena angelicae ) is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of burnet ( Zygaenidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
- 5.2 Literature
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 30-33 millimeters. They have blue-black or green-black forewing, whose interior angles are very rounded. On the fore wings, the animals carry five or six red spots where always two are near each other. The fünffleckigen animals the spots on the wing underside with a red stripe are connected at the sechsfleckigen this growing together on the bottom of a large spot. The black edge of wing red hind wings wide. The antennae are slightly thickened to a mace and white at the top. The coloring of the peak is weaker than the horseshoe vetch Burnet ( Zygaena transalpina ) and can also be completely absent.
The caterpillars are yellow colored green and have distributed a fine black back stripes and very fine black dots on the body. On both sides of the back large black spots are always in pairs connected to a longitudinal line. Also on the page where the birds have black dots. The head is pale green with two tiny black dots for eyes. The underside of the little animal is light green, towards the spinal meddles neon yellow so.
Occurrence
They come in Eastern Europe and Greece prior to Southern Germany and Thuringia. They live in sunlit forest islands, especially in steppe heath forests and calcareous grasslands between young pines.
Way of life
The females lay their eggs in yellow mirrors from the lower leaf surface. The caterpillars overwinter. Pupation takes place in an oblong, yellow cocoon on stalks and stems. The doll is black, yellow at the bottom.
The caterpillars feed on the leaves of the mountain Kronwicke ( Coronilla coronata ), rarely from those of Colorful Kronwicke ( Securigera varia). Koch mentioned beyond even the ordinary foot trefoil ( Lotus corniculatus ) as a forage crop.
Flight times and caterpillars
The moths fly in one generation from July to mid-August. The caterpillars are found from September and after hibernation until June of the following year.
Threats and conservation
- Red List FRG: 2 ( endangered ).