Zygaena occitanica, the Provence burnet, is a moth of the Zygaenidae family.
arragonica Holik & Sheljuzhko, 1956 ] (8i) the 6 spot is reduced to a narrow white speck, the spots 1 - 5 of the forewing being very thinly edged with white; the ground-colour of the forewing black; the posterior half of the abdomen usually red; from Catalonia.If the abdominal belt is absent, which happens sometimes in the male, we have ab.
disjuncta Spuler is based on specimens of iberica in which the spots of the forewing are distinctly and widely separated.
There exist almost all gradations between these forms, and by naming all of them the series of aberrations would be considerably enlarged.
The larva feeds on Fabaceae - Dorycnium pentaphyllum, Anthyllis cytisoides, Lotus creticus, Lotus longisiliquosus in maquis, garrigue, scrub, arid grasslands, mountain slopes, dry river gorges and very sparse woodland.