Zygaena (Agrumenia) carniolica modesta Burgeff, 1914

Efetov, Konstantin A., Hofmann, Axel, Tarmann, Gerhard M. & Tremewan, Walter Gerald, 2014, Taxonomic comments on the treatment of the Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in volume 3 of Moths of Europe, Zygaenids, Pyralids 1 and Brachodids (2012), Nota Lepidopterologica 37 (2), pp. 123-133 : 126

Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Zygaenidae

Zygaena (Agrumenia) carniolica modesta Burgeff, 1914

Zygaena carniolica modesta Burgeff, 1914, Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5: 57, pl. 3, figs 99, 100, 106, 107. Type-locality. Germany: Rheinland-Pfalz, central and lower Rheintal from Mainz to Koblenz.

Zygaena carniolica rogervillensis Leraut, 2012, Moths of Europe 3: 108, pl. 28, figs 16, 17. Type-locality. France: Seine-Maritime, Rogerville. Syn. n.

Zygaena carniolica besseensis Leraut, 2012, Moths of Europe 3: 110, pl. 29, figs 1-3. Type-locality. France: Puy-de-Dôme, Besse-en-Chandesse. Syn. n.

Distribution and taxonomic notes.

Zygaena carniolica modesta has a wide distribution that ranges from northern and central France, through Belgium, Luxembourg, central and southern Germany to northern Austria, Czech Republic and southern Poland. We see no justification for describing two new subspecies from single localities located within this distribution, as their phenotypes fall within the range of variation; therefore, Zygaena carniolica rogervillensis and Zygaena carniolica besseensis are here formally placed as synonyms (syn. n.) of Zygaena carniolica modesta .