Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena trifolii, the five-spot burnet, is a day-flying moth in the family Zygaenidae found in North Africa and Europe. It was described by the German zoologist Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1783 from the type specimen found in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Five-spot Burnet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Zygaena lonicerae
• Zygaena viciae
• Zygaena angelicae
• Zygaena centaureae
• Zygaena filipendulae

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Zygaenidae

Genus

Zygaena

Species

Zygaena trifolii

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