AuthorRavenscroft, N.
Year1994
TitleThe Enigma of the Burnet moths of Western Scotland
TypePaper
SourceBritish Wildlife Vol. 5, No. 4: 222-228.
IllustrationsA few colour and half-tone photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Discusses the remarkable occurrence in extreme western Scotland of a group of very rare species of Burnet Moths along with a number of predominantly southern species of insect.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentZygaena exulans ssp subochraceaScotch BurnetAnimalia: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae
CurrentZygaena loniceraeNarrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetAnimalia: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae
CurrentZygaena loti ssp scoticaSlender Scotch BurnetAnimalia: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae
CurrentZygaena purpuralisTransparent BurnetAnimalia: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae
CurrentZygaena viciaeNew Forest BurnetAnimalia: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae
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