Stock Photo - Variable Burnet, Zygaena ephialtes. A black moth with colorful spots: red, yellow, white or mixed. larval host plants: Coronilla varia, Coronilla emerus, Hippocrepis. Habitats include nutrient-poor grasslands, abandoned vineyards. railway embankments, scrubby terrain and dry fields and embankments. Adult moths fly June-August. Threatened by loss of grasslands and frequent mowing. Appears with Polyommatus daphnis, Mealeager's Blue.

Stock Photo: Variable Burnet, Zygaena ephialtes. A black moth with colorful spots: red, yellow, white or mixed. larval host plants: Coronilla varia, Coronilla emerus.

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