Jordanita Carolae
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Jordanita carolae is a butterfly fromthe ram family (Zygaenidae).
features
The moths reach a forewing length of 8.2 to 9.1 millimeters in the males and 8.0 to 8.5 millimeters in the females. The head, thorax and abdomen are shimmering blue or bluish green. The head and thorax are only slightly hairy. The sensors consist of 40 to 41 segments. The forewing upper sides shimmer blue and are only faintly tinted green. The hind wings are dark gray, the undersides of the wings are gray and not covered with shimmering scales .
In the males, the aedeagus has a pronounced triangular cornutus, which, however, never has a sharp point. The 8th abdominal sternite extends to the rear edge of the segment.
In females, the ostium is wide, funnel-shaped and heavily sclerotized. Proximally it is smooth, distally grooved and translucent . The ductus bursae is curved and starts at right angles proximally. The corpus bursae is egg-shaped.
The egg has not yet been described.
The caterpillar is whitish brown and has a whitish yellow belly side. The gray-brown back warts do not touch in the middle of the back. Long white and short gray bristles arise from them. A light brown line runs on both sides of the back warts. The warts on the sides and the short bristles on the ventral side are light gray-brown. A light brown line runs above these bristles. The integument is provided with single or multi-pronged tubercles that appear as black dots when viewed with the naked eye.
The pupa and cocoon have not yet been described.
Similar species
Jordanita algirica isabout the same size as J. carolae in the south of the High Atlas and the Anti-Atlas in Morocco . In the case of the similar species, the upper sides of the forewings never shimmer blue. The cornutus of the vesica is larger and sharply pointed. The 8th abdominal sternite does not extend to the posterior edge of the segment. The females of the two species can only be distinguished genitally morphologically .
Jordanita minutissima is about the same size as J. carolae , but the tops of the forewings never shimmer blue. The cornutus of the vesica is triangular in both species, but has a sharp point in the similar species. The 8th abdominal sternite does not extend to the end of the segment. The females can also only be distinguished genitally morphologically. By J. minutissima there are from Morocco does not have the evidence.
distribution
Jordanita carolae occurs in Morocco in the southeast of the High Atlas . The species inhabits steppe-like biotopes at altitudes of 1000 to 1500 meters.
biology
The caterpillars probably develop on the spherical thistle species Echinops spinosus . The adult caterpillars mine in the leaves, but they do not bore into the stems, as is the case with Jordanita rungsi . The moths fly from late April to late May.
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d C. M. Naumann, WG Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3 , pp. 126 (English).
literature
- CM Naumann, WG Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3 (English).