Jordanita Hector
''Jordanita hector'' is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is known from southern Turkey and Lebanon. The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm for males and 9.5–12 mm for females. Adults are on wing at the end of May. The larvae probably feed on ''Centaurea cheirolopha''. References *C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: ''The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae''. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, External linksBarcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Procridinae Insects of Turkey Moths described in 1907 {{Zygaenidae-stub ...
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Karl Jordan (zoologist, Born 1861)
Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan (7 December 1861 – 12 January 1959) was a German-British entomologist. He took a special interest in the taxonomy and classification of butterflies, beetles and fleas. Jordan was a founder of the International Congress of Entomology. Jordan was born in a farming family in Almstedt, raised by an uncle after the death of his father in 1855, finished school in Hildesheim and educated at Göttingen University. After a year of military service, he taught at Münden Grammar School for five years and came in contact with zoologist August Metzger and Count Berlepsch that led to a growth in his natural history interest. Through their recommendation he received an invitation to joined Ernst Hartert at Rotschild's museum. In 1893 he began work at Walter Rothschild's Natural History Museum at Tring, specialising in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Siphonaptera. Jordan published over 400 papers, many jointly with Charles and Walter Rothschild. He described 2,575 ne ...
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