Jordanita tenuicornis

Jordanita tenuicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Jordanita
Species:	J. tenuicornis
Binomial name
	Jordanita tenuicornis; (Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
	Atychia tenuicornis Zeller, 1847; Ino turatii Bartel, 1906;

Jordanita tenuicornis is a moth of the family Zygaenidae.

Distribution[]

It is found in southern and central Italy and Sicily.

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 and , 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, ISBN 87-88757-15-3

External links[]

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