Jordanita graeca

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Jordanita graeca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Jordanita
Species:
J. graeca
Binomial name
Jordanita graeca
(Jordan, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Procris graecaJordan, 1907

Jordanita graeca is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found from southern Slovakia through Hungary, the Balkan Peninsula, Rhodes and Cyprus to southern Russia, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran and northern Iraq.

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The length of the forewings is 7.5–12.5 mm for males and 7–12 mm for females. Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae of subspecies graeca feed on Centaurea melitensis and Cirsium creticum , while the larvae of subspecies sultana feed on Centaurea solstitialis , Centaurea salonitana , Carduus arabicus , Carduus uncinatus , Jurinea sordida and Xeranthemum annuum . Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the soil beneath the host plant.

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