''Jordanita tenuicornis'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Zygaenidae.
Distribution
It is found in southern and central
Italy
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and
Sicily
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Description
The length of the forewings is 10–12.8 mm for males and 8–10.8 mm for females.
Biology
The young larvae of subspecies ''turatii'' feed on ''
Carlina vulgaris
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'' and ''
Centaurea ambigua'', while mature larvae of this subspecies
mine the leaves of ''
Cirsium arvense'' and ''
Centaurea'' species. The mine has the form of a fleck mine. The opening is a slit at the side of the mine.
Adults are on wing from April (on Sicily) to July (mountains of Italy).
Subspecies
*''Jordanita tenuicornis tenuicornis'' (southern Italy and Sicily)
*''Jordanita tenuicornis turatii''
(Bartel, 1906) (central Italy)
Etymology
The species name is derived from ''tenuis'' (meaning thin) and ''cornu'' (meaning horn) and refers to the thin antennae of this species.
References
*C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: ''The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae''. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999,
External links
Fauna EuropaeaThe Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Procridinae
Moths described in 1847
Endemic fauna of Italy
Moths of Europe
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