{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Tremewan, 1959 | taxon = Reissita simonyi | authority = (Rebel, 1899) | synonyms = *''Zygaena simonyi'' <small>Rebel, 1899</small> }}
'''''Reissita simonyi''''', the '''Arabian burnet moth''', is a species of diurnal moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is the 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 biosynthesize hydrogen cyanide. The larvae feed on ''Maytenus'', specifically ''M. dhofarensis'' and ''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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