Zygaena laeta, the bloodword burnet, is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.
Distribution It is found in Central and South-Eastern Europe.
Description In Z. laeta the collar and patagia as well as the apical half (or more) of the abdomen are red: also the wings are testaceous red except some black spots on the forewing. Larva of light bluish green, with while dorsal and lateral lines, along which there are blackdots. Pupa yellow, anteriorly dark brown, in a whitish cocoon. Seitz, A., 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22., The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Fauna 2. Volume: The Palearctic Bombyces & Sphinges. pdf The wingspan is 26–34 mm.
Biology The moth flies from July to August, depending on the location, on dry hill-sides, During their slow flight the red abdomen is especially conspicuous, the flying insect bearing on that account a distant resemblance to certain southern Hemiptera.
The larva mainly feed on Eryngium campestre.
Subspecies Zygaena laeta laeta Zygaena laeta orientis Burgeff, 1926
References
External links faunaeur.org lepiforum.de leps.it www.pyrgus.de/Zygaena_laeta pyrgus.de Images representing Zygaena laeta at Bold