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{{short description|Species of moth}}
{{Taxobox
| image =
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Zygaenidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Zygaeninae]]
| genus = '''''Reissita'''''
| genus_authority = [[Walter Gerald Tremewan|Tremewan]], 1959
| species = '''''R. simonyi'''''
| binomial = ''Reissita simonyi''
| binomial_authority = (Rebel, 1899)
| synonyms =
*''Zygaena simonyi'' <small>Rebel, 1899</small>
}}
'''''Reissita simonyi''''', the '''Arabian burnet moth''', is a species of [[Diurnality|diurnal]] moth of the [[Zygaenidae]] family. It is the [[Monotypic taxon|only species]] from the genus ''Reissita'', and native to the southern part of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. It resembles some species from the related genus ''[[Zygaena]]'', and like them ''Reissita simonyi'' is toxic because it is able to [[Biosynthesis|biosynthesize]] [[hydrogen cyanide]]. The larvae feed on ''[[Maytenus]]'', specifically ''[[Maytenus dhofarensis|M. dhofarensis]]'' and ''[[Maytenus senegalensis|M. senegalensis]]''.
It has two [[subspecies]]:
* ''R. s. simonyi'' at altitudes of {{convert|400|-|2900|m|ft}} in [[Oman]] and eastern [[Yemen]]. Blackish with a bluish sheen and red spots.
* ''R. s. yemenicola'' at altitudes of {{convert|350|-|900|m|ft}} in western Yemen and southwestern [[Saudi Arabia]]. Smaller than previous, and blackish with a greenish-blue sheen and red spots, or all red (some males only).
==References==
* [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/zygaenoidea/zygaenidae/zygaeninae/reissita/index.html ''Reissita'' at funet.fi]
* Klütsch, C. F. C. (2006). ''[http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2006/0788/0788.pdf Evolutionary history of Southern Arabian faunal elements with a special focus on habitat fragmentation of two model organisms, Reissita simonyi (REBEL, 1899; Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) and Hyla savignyi (AUDOUIN, 1827; Amphibia: Hylidae).]'' Ph.D. dissertation, [[University of Bonn]].
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[[Category:Zygaeninae]]
[[Category:Monotypic moth genera]]
[[Category:Zygaenidae genera]]
[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
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