Jordanita paupera

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Jordanita paupera
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Ram (Zygaenidae)
Subfamily : Green ram (Procridinae)
Genre : Jordanita
Type : Jordanita paupera
Scientific name
Jordanita paupera
( Christoph , 1887)

Jordanita paupera is a butterfly fromthe ram family (Zygaenidae).

features

The moths reach a forewing length of 12.0 to 12.8 millimeters in the males and 9.0 to 10.5 millimeters in the females. The head, thorax and abdomen shimmer green. The forehead is narrow and about 0.8 times as wide as the compound eyes . The antennae are short, have a faint bluish tinge and a narrow shaft. They consist of 32 to 34 segments and have a long comb. The translucent wings are only weakly scaled and have a greenish sheen. The upper side of the hind wings and the undersides are light gray. The females are significantly smaller than the males and have rounded wings. In the males the uncus is small and thickened proximally . The blades are elongated dorsally and have a short triangular distal tooth proximally that points slightly inward. The aedeagus is small and slender, slightly curved and has a longer and a shorter cornutus. The 8th abdominal sternite is sickle-shaped and extends to the posterior end of the segment. In females, the ostium is slender and rounded. The antrum is slender and heavily sclerotized. The bursal duct is heavily sclerotized proximally, folded distally and translucent. The corpus bursae is egg-shaped.

The egg is yellow.

The caterpillar , pupa and cocoon have not yet been described.

Similar species

Jordanita budensis and some populations of Jordanita volgensis can only be distinguished from Jordanita paupera genitally morphologically . The two similar species occur sympatric with J. paupera in Turkey. In Transcaucasia , J. paupera livessympathetically with Jordanita volgensis .

distribution

The species is native to Turkey and Transcaucasia . Further occurrences are known from Jordan , the north of Iran , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . In the east the distribution area extends to the Amur area and Korea . Steppe biotopes are populated with Artemisia vegetation.

biology

The caterpillars live on Artemisia species. The moths fly from June to July.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 118 (English).

literature

  • CM Naumann, WG Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae . 1st edition. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3 (English).

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