Species account

Femplettet Køllesværmer (Zygaena lonicerae)    Scheven (1777)
   Køllesværmere (Zygaenidae) [Sommerfugle]    NFBU    25116
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet (gb)   Bredbrämad Bastardsvärmare (se)  
Synonyms (common):
Stor Køllesværmer (dk)
Subspecies
lonicerae
abbastumana
Reiss (1922).
alpiumgigas
Verity (1925).
insularis
Tremewan (1960) - Ireland.
intermixta
Verity (1925).
jocelynae
Tremewan (1962) - Isle of Skye.
kalkanensis
Reiss (1932).
latomarginata
Tutt (1899) - England.
leonensis
Tremewan (1961).
linnei
Reiss (1922).
microdoxa
Dujardin (1965).
nobilis
Navàs (1924).
silana
Burgeff (1914).
thurneri
Holik (1943).
vivax
Verity (1920).
Measurements:
WS:30-41mm
Generations:
1
Flight period:
JFMAMJJASOND 
Scan
Identification:
Most similar to New Forest Burnet, but longer more pointed and opaque wings; the middle spots longer from the front spots and the inner one is more round. Club-shaped point of antenna is more pronounced.
Similar species:
Life stages:
Distribution:
Habitat:
Lush and fresh flower meadows with tall vegetation.
Behavior:
Often seen in small groups.
Host plants:
Almindelig Kællingetand (Lotus corniculatus) [Bird's-foot Trefoil ~ Loto Corniculado ~ Käringtand]
Rød-kløver (Trifolium pratense) [Red Clover ~ Trébol Rojo ~ Rödklöver]
Lathyrus sp. (fladbælg ~ peavines ~ ~ vialer)
Feeding plants:
Tidsler [Thistles ~ Tistlar]
Knopurtarter [Knapweeds~ Centaurea sp. ~ Klint sp.]
Endemic:
Status
Scarce in Denmark though widespread. Most common in southeast Sweden, but in general declining.
Comment:
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet 2045    (2 photos)
2023-07-27    Addit Hede (midtjylland), Denmark

Imago
More scarce than the six-spotted, and only one animal revealed itself today.
Here with Forester [Grøn Køllesværmer] on Field Scabious [Blåhat].