Invertebrate Ireland

CITATION

Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P. 2006. An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeograghical Society and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
http://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=7425

IRISH STATUS	See Explanatory Text
Accepted

NORTHERN IRELAND	REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
No Records	Recorded

STATUS OF NAME

Current name

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VALIDATING LITERATURE

Bond, K.G.M., Nash, R., O'Connor, J.P. 2006, An Annotated Checklist of the Irish Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) , The Irish Biogeographical Society,

Bradley, J.D. 2000, Checklist of Lepidoptera recorded from the British Isles. Second Edition (revised). Published privately , ,

LITERATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION

Waring, P. & Townsend, M, 2003, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, , British Wildlife Publishing,

Skinner, B, 1998, The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles, , Viking Press,

LITERATURE FOR TAXONOMIC CHANGE

LITERATURE FOR ECOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION

Waring, P. & Townsend, M, 2003, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, , British Wildlife Publishing,

LOCATION OF VOUCHER

EXPLANATORY TEXT

Bradley (2000) states that nominate purpuralis (Brunnich, 1763) is confined to Continental Europe and lists three British Isles sub-species: segontii Tremewan, 1958, caledonensis Reiss, 1931 and sabulosa Tremewan, 1960.


Classification: Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order LEPIDOPTERA Suborder Superfamily ZYGAENOIDEA Family ZYGAENIDAE Subfamily ZYGAENINAE Genus Zygaena
	Zygaena purpuralis
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