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Jordanita tenuicornis

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Jordanita tenuicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Jordanita
Species:
J. tenuicornis
Binomial name
Jordanita tenuicornis
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Atychia tenuicornis Zeller, 1847
  • Ino turatii Bartel, 1906

Jordanita tenuicornis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.

Distribution

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It is found in southern and central Italy and Sicily.

Description

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The length of the forewings is 10–12.8 mm for males and 8–10.8 mm for females.

Biology

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The young larvae of subspecies turatii feed on Carlina vulgaris and Centaurea ambigua, while mature larvae of this subspecies mine the leaves of Cirsium arvense and Centaurea species. The mine has the form of a fleck mine. The opening is a slit at the side of the mine.

Adults are on wing from April (on Sicily) to July (mountains of Italy).

Subspecies

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  • Jordanita tenuicornis tenuicornis (southern Italy and Sicily)
  • Jordanita tenuicornis turatii (Bartel, 1906) (central Italy)

References

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  • C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3
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