Jordanita anatolica
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Jordanita anatolica is a butterfly fromthe ram family (Zygaenidae).
features
The moths reach a forewing length of 8.8 to 10.5 millimeters in the males and 7.9 to 9.2 millimeters in the females. The front wings are about 4 millimeters wide. The head, thorax and abdomen are dark and shimmer green to bronze in color. The moths are slightly hairy. The feelers are short and consist of 35 to 38 segments. The upper side of the forewing is brownish olive green, it only shimmers slightly and is usually dull. The upper side of the rear wing is brownish black, densely scaled and has a more or less translucent spot on the wing base . The undersides of the wings are dark gray-brown. Populations in the east of the Mediterranean are very variable.
In the males the valves are without a process, the dorsal part is longer than the ventral part . The aedeagus carries one to three cornuti. The 8th abdominal sternite reaches the posterior edge of the segment.
The prebursa has a characteristic shape with the heavily sclerotized, conical proximal and the spherical, less sclerotized distal part. The latter part is short, laterally there are hyaline processes . The prebursa is at right angles to the ductus bursae and has 4 to 7 tooth-like structures that are arranged in a circle. The ostium is almost translucent and not sclerotized.
The egg has not yet been described.
The caterpillar has a gray-brown body. The back is dark brown and has a wide white band in the middle. The warts are light brown and covered with white bristles.
The doll is so far blank. The cocoon is covered with sand particles and is placed on the surface of the soil under the forage plant.
Similar species
The upper forewings of the similar species Jordanita chloros are yellowish green or yellowish brown and usually have a bright metallic sheen. The thorax and the base of the fore wing shimmer blue. The forewing tops of Jordanita graeca and Jordanita syriaca have a strong green sheen. The similar species can be distinguished genitally morphologically.
Subspecies
The populations in Libya and Egypt represent the subspecies Jordanita anatolica kruegeri (Turati, 1930). This has very small and narrow wings and the basic color is a lighter green than is the case with typical specimens of J. anatolica from Turkey. In addition, the coloring of the subspecies is more translucent than is the case with Turkish populations.
distribution
Jordanita anatolica is found in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic , southern Turkey , Cyprus , Syria , Lebanon , Israel , Jordan , Egypt and northeast Libya . In the east the distribution area extends into Iraq and Iran . The species inhabits rocky or sandy grasslands with steppe or semi-desert vegetation.
biology
The moths have a very short activity phase and rest in the vegetation for the rest of the time. The caterpillars live on the spherical thistle species Echinops spinosus and mine in the leaves.
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Naufock: PROCIS anatolica nov. spec. Communications of the Munich Entomological Society, 19 (1929): p. 94 PDF of the first description
- ↑ a b c d e C. M. Naumann, WG Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3 , pp. 140 (English).
literature
- CM Naumann, WG Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3 (English).
Web links
- Jordanita anatolica at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved April 13, 2011