New records of Zygaena brizae (Esper, 1800) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) in Croatia

Abstract

Zygaena brizae is one of the rarer species of burnet moths on the Balkan peninsula, with only a handful of recent records. While it has been listed as part of the fauna of Croatia, prior to this survey, records from the country were scarce and imprecise, referring only to Istria or Dalmatia, without any exact locality. During 2021 this species has been recorded in Plitvice Lakes National Park at two localities. At Homoljac only a single specimen was observed, but at the meadows near Prijeboj a seemingly numerous population was recorded. These are the first exact records of Z. brizae in Croatia.