Zygaena aurata is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae.[2] It is found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. In Seitz it is described Z. aurata as a form (now species) of favonia with glossy brass-yellow ground-colour: discovered in Julv in the Moroccan Atlas.[3]
| Zygaena aurata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Zygaena |
| Species: | Z. aurata
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| Binomial name | |
| Zygaena aurata | |
References
edit- ^ Blachier, C.T., 1905 Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1905: 213
- ^ A. Hofmann and W. G. Tremewan 2010 A revised check-list of the genus Zygaena Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae, Zygaeninae), based on the biospecies concept Entomologist’s Gazette 61: 119–131 pdf
- ^ Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22., The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf
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