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Zygaena exulans
Family: ZygaenidaeGenus: Zygaenanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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20
Plants
visited
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25
Interactions
documented
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17
Host plants
known
About this species
Zygaena exulans is a small zygaenid moth. Its presence in Great Britain is recorded as indeterminate on the United Kingdom Species Inventory. The species is monophagous and weighs roughly 0.017 grams.
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Plant food
Merkmale
Körper
Body size
small
Weight
0.0168 g
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
monophagous
Scientific profile
Zygaena exulans is a small moth in the family Zygaenidae. Adult individuals have a body mass of about 0.0168 grams. The species is monophagous, feeding exclusively on a single host plant during its larval stage. Its occurrence in Great Britain is recorded with an indeterminate status on the United Kingdom Species Inventory. On the German Red List the species is listed as category 1 (critically endangered), but no UK conservation assessment is available.
Host plants
17 plants serve as food for the larvae
Vaccinium myrtillusVaccinium corymbosumEmpetrum nigrumBartsia alpinaChamorchis alpinaAstragalus alpinusVaccinium uliginosumSalix hastataDryas octopetalaBetula nanaSalix herbaceaSalix reticulataSalix myrsinitesBistorta viviparaEmpetrum nigrumVaccinium vitis-idaeaSaxifraga aizoides
Visited plants
3 plants are visited by this species
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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