| Title: | Size and shape variability of the wing in burnet moth, Zygaena ephialtes (L., 1767) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) |
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| Authors: | ID Klenovšek, Tina (Author)
ID Jakšić, Predrag (Author)
ID Janžekovič, Franc (Author) |
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| Files: |  RAZ_Klenovsek_Tina_2022.pdf (601,01 KB)
MD5: AC5B6C34EC723186A0268EFF69BD5021
 https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.1096288
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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| Abstract: | The burnet moth, Zygaena ephialtes (L., 1767) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) is a distinctly polymorphic species of moth appearing in several color morphotypes. This study examined whether the variability of the Z. ephialtes forewing could be explained by geometric morphometric methods. The analysis included 70 male specimens from five localities in Montenegro (Plužine, Tepca, Dobrilovina, Gusinje and Rugovska Gorge), and one locality in North Macedonia (Kožuf Mountain) belonging to the subspecies Zygaena ephialtes pannonica Holik, 1937 and Zygaena ephialtes istoki Silbernagel, 1944, respectively, collected between 1981 to 2018. The forewing outline and the aposematic color pattern formed by five spots were analyzed separately. Neither forewing size nor forewing spots pattern size exhibited interpopulation heterogeneity. Size variation of the basal spot was independent from the rest. Considering the forewing outline shape, the apical portion was the most variable and different among populations. Two morphological groups were recognized: a group with a narrower pointed forewing (samples: Kožuf Mountain, Rugovska Gorge and Tepca), and a group with a wider forewing with a blunt apex (Plužine, Gusinje). Neither the outline or the spots pattern of the forewing supported the distinction between the subspecies Z. e. pannonica and Z. e. istoki. |
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| Keywords: | aposematic coloration, Balkan Peninsula, geographical variability, geometric morphometrics, wing pattern |
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| Submitted for review: | 31.03.2022 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 29.06.2022 |
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| Publication date: | 30.06.2022 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 239-247 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 46, št. 2 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-88799  |
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| UDC: | 595.78 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2536-491X |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 118037251 |
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| DOI: | 10.16970/entoted.1096288 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 04.02.2025 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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