20.500.12556/DKUM-88799 Size and shape variability of the wing in burnet moth, Zygaena ephialtes (L., 1767) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) Burnet güvesi, Zygaena ephialtes (L., 1767) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)’nde kanadın boy ve şekil değişkenliği 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. aposematic coloration Balkan Peninsula geographical variability geometric morphometrics wing pattern aposematska obarvanost Balkanski polotok geografska variabilnost geometrijska morfometrija vzorec kril true false true Angleški jezik Turški jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-05-25 03:25:53 2025-02-04 09:28:49 2025-02-05 03:13:06 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 str. 239-247 št. 2 Letn. 46 2022 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 2022-03-31 2022-06-29 2022-06-30 595.78 118037251 10.16970/entoted.1096288 2536-491X RAZ_Klenovsek_Tina_2022.pdf RAZ_Klenovsek_Tina_2022.pdf 1 AC5B6C34EC723186A0268EFF69BD5021 4265c0216f02b3cd8e9bf20f1fff49a8f85bc60cb097c9f539277e3cf8c0b6af 0e7c252c-e2d3-11ef-ba28-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=188429 https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.1096288 0 19c1239a-e2d3-11ef-ba28-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=188430 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0