Zygaena lavandulae (Esper, 1783), Broom Burnet.
Family: Zygaenidae.
Wingspan: 31 to 36mm males, 35 to 37mm females.
Adults on wing: Late April till July.
The female colouration is very similar to the male, but their forewings are more bluish-green, with larger spots compared to the male’s spots.
The Broom Burnet is an attractive day-flying moth, with club-shaped antennae. Burnet moths are often seen on various flowers, sometimes in small groups.
Habitat: Mainly found in rocky places, dry woodlands and various grasslands, especially where the Cistus (a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family “Cistaceae”), species of plants are growing.
One generation a year, (Univoltine). The larvae develop until April, by feeding on Dorycnium pentaphyllum cytisoides, then without real dormancy, the adults are on the wing by late April and into May.