Zygaena transalpina (Esper, 1780)

Sphinx transalpina Esper, 1780: 196 .

FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — Turati (1910).

CHOROTYPE. — S European.

ECOLOGY. — In vicinity of broadleaved and coniferous forests. One of the most common Zygaenidae in the southern Alps and in Italy (Naumann et al. 1999). Known lhp belong to the genus Astragalus .