Jordanita hispanica

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Jordanita hispanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Jordanita
Species:
J. hispanica
Binomial name
Jordanita hispanica
(Alberti, 1937) [1]
Synonyms
  • Procris hispanicaAlberti, 1937

Jordanita hispanica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal and southern France.

The length of the forewings is 9.1–14.2 mm for males and 6.4–9 mm for females. Individuals from Spain are bigger than those from France. Adults are on wing during the day and feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Knautia , Scabiosa and Centaurea species.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Centaurea paniculata in southern France. They have a black head and a bright green body.

Subspecies

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<i>Jordanita</i> Genus of moths

Jordanita is a genus of moths of the family Zygaenidae.

<i>Jordanita budensis</i> Species of moth

Jordanita budensis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in disjunct populations in central Spain, southern France, Italy, eastern Austria, Hungary, the Balkan Peninsula, Greece, Ukraine, the Crimea, the European part of southern Russia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Turkey, southern Siberia, Mongolia and the Amur region.

Jordanita notata is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula and central Europe, through the northern part of the Mediterranean region to the Caucasus and Transcaucasia.

Jordanita paupera is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from Turkey, Transcaucasia, Jordan, northern Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In the east, it ranges up to the Amur and Korea.

Jordanita volgensis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from eastern Ukraine, southern Russia, Transcaucasia, Turkey and Syria.

Jordanita hector is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from southern Turkey and Lebanon.

Jordanita algirica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. There are also some unconfirmed records from Sicily.

Jordanita rungsi is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the central areas of the Middle Atlas in Morocco.

Jordanita carolae is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the south-eastern High Atlas in Morocco at altitudes between 1,000 and 1,500 meters.

Jordanita benderi is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the High Atlas in Morocco.

Jordanita maroccana is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in the Middle Atlas in Morocco. It is found at altitudes of up to 2,000 meters.

Jordanita chloronota is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in southern Turkey, where it is only known from the southern side of the Taurus Mountains.

<i>Jordanita chloros</i> Species of moth

Jordanita chloros is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.

<i>Jordanita globulariae</i> Species of moth

Jordanita globulariae, also known as the scarce forester, is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.

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.

<i>Jordanita tenuicornis</i> Species of moth

Jordanita tenuicornis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.

Jordanita subsolana is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found from southern Spain though the southern part of central Europe, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Greece to southern Russia and Ukraine, Turkey and Transcaucasia up to the Altai.

Jordanita vartianae is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is endemic to southern and central Spain.

Jordanita anatolica is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Nakhchivan, southern Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and north-eastern Libya. In the east, the range extends to Iraq and Iran.

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