Zygaena filipendulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Six-spot Burnet)

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Zygaena filipendulae stephensi
a six-spot burnet
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)
GenusZygaena (burnet moths)
TribeZygaenini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyZYGAENINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters)
SuperfamilyZYGAENOIDEA (burnets and foresters)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet) :
1: Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)
4 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting knapweed
Image 1: Feeding on knapweed capitulumImage 2: Feeding on knapweed capitulum (2)Image 3: Feeding on knapweed capitulum (3)Image 4: Feeding on knapweed capitulum (4)Image 5: Feeding on knapweed capitulum (5)Image 6: Feeding on knapweed capitulum - showing hindwingsImage 7: Feeding on knapweed capitulum - showing hindwings (2)Image 8: Visiting knapweed capitulumImage 9: Visiting knapweed capitulum (2)Image 10: Visiting knapweed capitulum (3)Image 11: Visiting knapweed capitulum (4)Image 12: Visiting knapweed capitulum (5)Image 13: Visiting knapweed capitulum (6)Image 14: Visiting knapweed capitulum - showing hindwings

Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Zygaena filipendulae (Six-spot Burnet)
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