Taxonomic comments on the treatment of the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in volume 3 of Moths of Europe, Zygaenids, Pyralids 1 and Brachodids (2012)
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Efetov, Konstantin A.
Author
Hofmann, Axel
Author
Tarmann, Gerhard M.
Author
Tremewan, Walter Gerald
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Nota Lepidopterologica
2014
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Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Zygaenidae
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.