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Zygaena purpuralis
Family: ZygaenidaeGenus: Zygaenanative in Germany
native in Germany
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19
Plants
visited
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19
Interactions
documented
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2
Host plants
known
About this species
A medium-sized burnet moth with a single-month flight period in July. It weighs approximately 0.03 grams and is monophagous as a larva.
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Host plantVisited plants
Yearly cycle
Adult moths are on the wing solely during July, with no documented activity in other months.
Merkmale
Körper
Body size
medium
Weight
0.0261 g
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
monophagous
Scientific profile
Zygaena purpuralis is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. Adults reach a medium body size and have a recorded mass of 0.0261 grams. The species is monophagous; its larvae feed on a single plant species. Flight activity is confined to July. This moth is recorded in the United Kingdom. In Germany, it is assessed as Vulnerable (RL V).
Visited plants
17 plants are visited by this species
Knautia arvensisDianthus carthusianorumLeucanthemum vulgareJacobaea vulgarisTrifolium mediumOriganum vulgarePrunella grandifloraTrifolium pratenseRhinanthus serotinusLeontodon hispidusLeucanthemum ircutianumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusTragopogon orientalisRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusStachys officinalisLophiolepis eriophora
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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