ZYGAENIDAE
(burnets and foresters)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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ID refs
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 5 images 2 ident. refs
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Tribe 3 subtaxa 5 images 2 ident. refs
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Subfamily 4 subtaxa 74 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters)
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