Jordanita horni
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Jordanita horni is a butterfly fromthe ram family (Zygaenidae).
features
The moths reach a forewing length of 9.1 to 11.0 millimeters in the males and 9.2 to 10.0 millimeters in the females. The head, thorax and abdomen have a dark green shimmer. The antennae of the males are almost black and dull and consist of about 35 segments. The tip of the antennae is thickened and blunt. The forewing upper side is densely scaled and shimmers dark green or dark bluish green. The wing fringes are dark brown. The upper side of the hind wing is black-brown and has a translucent base. The undersides of the wings are dark gray. The females are about the same size as the males. Their antennae have a short comb and the upper sides of the forewings are bluish.
In the males, the uncus is long and slender. The basal part, which takes up about a third of the total length, is only slightly sclerotized . The two parts of the tegumen are as long as the uncus. The vinculum is slender and does not have a severely sclerotized saccus. The valves have no appendages, the pulvinus is very slender and often reduced. The aedeagus is vigorous and has straight cornuti.
In females, the antrum is heavily sclerotized, the translucent prebursa is only slightly sclerotized but well developed.
Similar species
The males of Jordanita anatolica resemble J. horni , both species occur sympatricly in Turkey and northern Iran . In Armenia and Turkey comes jordanita graeca sympatric with J. horni ago. The species mentioned above can be distinguished genitally morphologically . The females of J. anatolica and J. graeca have uncombed antennae.
distribution
Jordanita horni is native to Turkey, Armenia, Nakhichevan and northern Iran .
biology
The moths fly from late June to late July. The biology of the species is so far unknown.
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. 132 (English).
literature
- CM Naumann, WG Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3 (English).