Zygaeninae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Zygaenidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Zygaeninae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zygaeninae
The Zygaeninae are a subfamily of the Zygaenidae family of moths. These are day-flying moths. Species of the genus Zygaena are native to the West Palearctic, while the genus Reissita is found on the Arabian Peninsula. They are able to biosynthesise hydrogen cyanide, and their bright patterns are warning colours to potential predators.
...Zygaeninae in languages:
- Chinese
- 斑蛾亞科
- Czech
- vřetenušky
- German
- Rotwidderchen
- Japanese
- マダラガ亜科
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aethioprocris
- Alteramenelikia
- Ankasocris
- Callizygaeninae
- Chalconycles
- Chalcosiinae
- Dendrocera
- Formozygaena
- Harrisinopsis
- Heteropan
- Heterusinula
- Homophylotis
- Inouela
- Ischnusia
- Madaprocris
- Malthaca
- Metanycles
- Neobalataea
- Onceropyga
- Phlebohecta
- Pollanista
- Procotes
- Procridinae
- Pseudoinope
- Pseudopidorus
- Pycnoctena
- Setiodes
- Sthenoprocris
- Sthenoprocris
- Syringura
- Triacanthia
- Xenoprocris
- Zeuxippa
- Zygaeninae