ZYGAENIDAE
(burnets and foresters)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
PROCRIDINAE a subfamily of moths		Subfamily	3 subtaxa	5 images	2 ident. refs
	Procridini a tribe of moths	Tribe	3 subtaxa	5 images	2 ident. refs
ZYGAENINAE a subfamily of moths		Subfamily	4 subtaxa	74 images	3 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters)
Superfamily	ZYGAENOIDEA (burnets and foresters)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ZYGAENIDAE is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
Larvae/Leaf-miners
	Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R.		The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects	www.ukflymines.co.uk

ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ZYGAENOIDEA
(burnets and foresters)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ZYGAENIDAE (burnets and foresters)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ZYGAENIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larvae/Leaf-miners

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)