Five-spot burnet
Zygaena trifolii
Burnet moths
(Zygaenidae)
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Slender shiny black butterfly with 5 markings on the front wing, sometimes connected. The rear wing is red with a black edge on both sides. Body legs and antennae are black. Day-active and it prefers moist grassy patches with Bird's-foot Trefoil. ⇔ wsp. 30-38 mm LA: ≈ The ZYGAENA FILIPENDULAE (Six-spot burnet) has 6 markings on each front wing. ≈ And with the ZYGAENA LOTI (Slender Scotch burnet) the markings touch each other. ≈ The TYRIA JACOBAEAE (Cinnabar moth) has a red stripe and only 2 dots. Other Burnet moths have lookalikes that are difficult to distinguish without a microscope, except by their location.
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< 40 mm
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15-40 mm
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4 LookAlikes (LA):
Six-spot burnet
Slender Scotch burnet
Zygaena lavandulae [L.]
Zygaena transalpina [L.]
Five-spot burnet
Vijfvlek-sint-jansvlinder
Sumpfhornklee-Widderchen
Zygène du trèfle
Zygaena trifolii [L.]
Zygaena trifolii [L.]
Zygaena trifolii [L.]
Zygaena trifolii [L.]
Zygaena trifolii [L.]
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