Colour Variants

Forewing Length: 14-19mm;
Wingspan: 28-33mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	August - June	?	July - August (Earliest: 16.7)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Monophagous)	Lotus pedunculatus
Food: (Adult)	Cirsium palustre Nectar
Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Cotesia glomerata Larva	Exorista larvarum Larva	Pales pavida Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Zygaena trifolii
Zygaena trifolii
Lepiforum: Zygaena trifolii
Plant Parasites of Europe: Zygaena trifolii

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