Taxonomic comments on the treatment of the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in volume 3 of Moths of Europe, Zygaenids, Pyralids 1 and Brachodids (2012) Author Efetov, Konstantin A. Crimean State Medical University, Department of Biological Chemistry and Laboratory of Biotechnology, 295006, Simferopol, Crimea; efetov. konst @ gmail. com Author Hofmann, Axel Am Hochgestade 5, D- 76351 Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Germany; hofmann @ abl-freiburg. de Author Tarmann, Gerhard M. Crimean State Medical University, Department of Biological Chemistry and Laboratory of Biotechnology, 295006, Simferopol, Crimea; efetov. konst @ gmail. com Author Tremewan, Walter Gerald Department of Life Sciences, Division of Insects, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K.; Correspondence address: Pentreath, 6 Carlyon Road, Playing Place, Truro, Cornwall TR 3 6 EU, U. K.; wgt. pentreath @ btinternet. com wgt.pentreath@btinternet.com text Nota Lepidopterologica 2014 2014-09-08 37 2 123 133 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7940 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.37.7940 2367-5365-2-123 384F4C620E0E4B66B7203177920ABA23 36194B53FA0A536EB10436F822658257 575701 Zygaena (Zygaena) rhadamanthus aragonia Tremewan, 1961 stat. rev. Zygaena rhadamanthus aragonia Tremewan, 1961, The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 73: 4. Type-locality. Spain: Teruel, Albarracin . [Holotype ♂, paratypes 16 ♂, 11 ♀ examined.] Distribution and taxonomic notes. Zygaena rhadamanthus aragonia is distributed in the Spanish provinces of Cuenca and Teruel. While it is reminiscent of Zygaena rhadamanthus grisea from south-eastern and southern-central France, the placement of this taxon as a synonym of Zygaena rhadamanthus cleui by Leraut (2012 : 98), which he reinstated as a valid subspecies, is inconsistent with the geographical distribution, its 'griseoid' phenotype and the presence of a strong abdominal cingulum. As a consequence, Zygaena rhadamanthus aragonia is here reinstated ( stat. rev. ) as a valid subspecies ( Hofmann and Tremewan 1996 : 130). It should be noted that Zygaena rhadamanthus aurargentea also has a griseoid phenotype and a strong abdominal cingulum, but the two taxa are geographically separated by a large lowland area that includes the River Ebro.