In 2004, he initiated and hosted the International Symposium "Biology, Phylogeny, Molecular Biology, and Genetics of Zygaenidae" at the Crimean State Medical University.
Reissita simonyi, the Arabian Burnet Moth, is a species of diurnal moth of the Zygaenidae family.
The designation is based in part on Talisker's geological features (described above), but in part also on the presence of two rare species of Zygaenidae, the Talisker burnet moth and the transparent burnet moth.
Zygaena laeta, the Bloodword Burnet, is a moth of the Zygaenidae family.
:This article is about the genus of moths in the Zygaenidae family; Aglaope is also one of the Sirens in Greek mythology