Zygaena charon (Hübner, 1796)

Sphinx charon Hübner, 1796: Sphinges, pl. 4, fig. 21.

FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — Balletto E. 1976 pers. coll. (Valdieri, 900 m).

CHOROTYPE. — S European.

ECOLOGY. — Natural and semi-natural open herbaceous areas. Some authors consider it to be a subspecies of Zygaena viciae, which is restricted to the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, south-western Alps and north-western Italy (Naumann et al. 1999). Known lhp for the subspecies belong to the genera Lathyrus and Trifolium .