Lepidoptera32 species

Family Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae)

Zygaenidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 32 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Zygaenidae (32)

Clemens' False Skeletonizer - Hodges#4629

Acoloithus falsarius

Identification: Adult small and all black except for incomplete orange collar, broken dorsally by black; abdomen relatively short and broad, lacking tufts of hair Larva has whitish or yellowish head capsule (larva of Grapeleaf Skeletonizer has dark h

The Forester

Adscita statices

Wingspan 25 to 28 mm. This shiny emerald green coloured moth can be separated by its larger wingspan from the similar Cistus Forester ( Adscita geryon ), which only occurs in limestone districts where rock-rose grows. A good photograph is generally r

Drury's Jewel

Cyclosia papilionaris

Cyclosia papilionaris, Drury's jewel, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773. It is found from Thailand to southern China. The habitat consists of rainforests and humid deciduous forests at altitudes up to 1,000 met

Red slug caterpillar

Eterusia aedea

Eterusia aedea, the red slug caterpillar, is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, Japan and China.

Harrisina coracina - Hodges#4622

Harrisina coracina

Identification: Clemens stated "The entire insect is black, without the orange colored prothorax of Harrisina [Aglaope] americana . These two individuals determined by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston, TX. First recorded from the US by M

Histia flabellicornis

Histia flabellicornis is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Asia. It has been recorded feeding on Bischofia trifoliata....

Grape Leaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4626

Neoalbertia constans

Identification: "Primaries bright orange, with narrow marginal border of black, widest at the apex. Secondaries black, with narrow costal margin of orange. Antennae black. Thorax black on the disc, the outer margin orange. Abdomen black. Tibiae whiti

Neofelderia rata - Hodges#4636

Neofelderia rata

Identification: This species is sympatric with N. constans, but with smaller size, less bright colour, broader black margin in the forewing and narrower black margin in the hindwing. (Shen-Horn Yen, pers. comm). - From Moths of SE Arizona - Note: Thi

Neoprocris prunivora - Hodges#4631.1

Neoprocris prunivora

Identification: Forewing has a metallic sheen. Adults are diurnal .

Euonymus Leaf Notcher - Hodges#4639.1

Pryeria sinica

first found in MD and VA in 2001; it is spreading - Introduced from Asia

Pyromorpha latercula - Hodges#4633

Pyromorpha latercula

Identification: Edwards (1882) described the adult. Forewing is brick red with a wide band along outer margin continuing along the outer third of the costa and a narrow band along inner margin. All of a blue-black shade. Hind wing is blue-black with

Triprocris cyanea - Hodges#4619

Triprocris cyanea

Identification: Adult - see original description in Print References.

Variable Burnet

Zygaena ephialtes

Zygaena ephialtes is day flying species of burnet moth found in Europe. It is typically found in xeric habitats, and populations have recently decreased. It also exhibits Müllerian mimicry with other species, like Amata phegea.

Chalk Burnet

Zygaena fausta

Zygaena fausta is a member of the family Zygaenidae, the day-flying burnet moths. Its bright aposematic colours of red, white and black on the wings indicate to possible predators such as birds that it is foul tasting or poisonous. In flight, the bri

Six-spot Burnet

Zygaena filipendulae

Wingspan 30-38 mm. The only British Burnet with six red spots on forewing (red patch at base is divided by a vein and counts as two spots). Occupying meadows, woodland clearings and sea-cliffs. The larvae feed mainly on Bird's-foot Trefoil. This is t

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moth

Zygaena lonicerae

Wingspan 30-46 mm. A variable species with a number of subspecies and forms occurring in Britain. It occupies grassland, chalk downland and sea-cliffs The adults fly in the daytime visiting various flowers and are on the wing in June and July. The la

Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii

Zygaena trifolii, the five-spot burnet, is a moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found from North Africa, through the western Mediterranean, Great Britain and central Europe to Ukraine. It is not found in Scandinavia.

New Forest Burnet

Zygaena viciae

Zygaena viciae, the New Forest burnet, is a member of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern and central Europe, west to Scotland. It is also found in southern Scandinavia. In the east, the range extends to Lake Baikal.