Jordanita
Encyclopedia
Jordanita is a genus
of moth
s of the Zygaenidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Zygaenidae
Zygaenidae
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. There are about 1000 species. Various species are commonly known as Burnet or Forester moths, often qualified by the number of spots,...
family.
Selected species
- Subgenus Roccia Alberti, 1954
- Jordanita budensisJordanita budensisJordanita budensis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. 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...
(Speyer & Speyer, 1858) - Jordanita pauperaJordanita pauperaJordanita paupera is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is known from Turkey, Transcaucasia, Jordan, northern Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazachstan. In the east, it ranges up to the Amur and Korea....
(Christoph, 1887) - Jordanita volgensisJordanita volgensisJordanita volgensis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is known from eastern Ukraine, southern Russia, Transcaucasia, Turkey and Syria.The length of the forewings is 11.5-15.5 mm for males and 8.8-9.5 mm for females...
(Möschler, 1862) - Jordanita kurdicaJordanita kurdicaJordanita kurdica is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is known from south-eastern Turkey and western Iran.The length of the forewings is 15.5-17 mm for males and about 11.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from June to July.-References:...
(Tarmann, 1987) - Jordanita hectorJordanita hectorJordanita hector is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. 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....
(Jordan, 1907) - Jordanita notataJordanita notataJordanita notata is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula and central Europe, through the northern part of the Mediterranean region to the Caucasus and Transcaucasia....
(Zeller, 1847)
- Jordanita budensis
- Subgenus Gregorita Povolný & Šmelhaus, 1951
- Jordanita hispanicaJordanita hispanicaJordanita hispanica is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. 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...
(Alberti, 1937) - Jordanita algiricaJordanita algiricaJordanita algirica is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. There are also some unconfirmed records from Sicily....
(Tarmann, 1985) - Jordanita minutissimaJordanita minutissimaJordanita minutissima is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the Saharan Atlas and the Aurès Mountains.The length of the forewings is 6.5-7 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from May to June....
(Oberthür, 1916) - Jordanita carolaeJordanita carolaeJordanita carolae is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the south-eastern High Atlas in Morocco on altitudes between 1,000 and 1,500 meters....
(Dujardin, 1973) - Jordanita rungsiJordanita rungsiJordanita rungsi is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the central areas of the Middle Atlas in Morocco.The length of the forewings is 11.9-12.2 mm for males and 11-11.2 mm for females....
(Dujardin, 1973) - Jordanita cognataJordanita cognataJordanita cognata is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in northern Algeria and western Tunisia.The length of the forewings is 14-17.5 mm for males and 10.5-11.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from April to May.-References:...
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) - Jordanita benderiJordanita benderiJordanita benderi is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the High Atlas in Morocco.The length of the forewings is 11.6-14.6 mm for males and 9.2 mm for females. Adults are on wing from March to the beginning of May....
(Rothschild, 1917) - Jordanita maroccanaJordanita maroccanaJordanita maroccana is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in the Middle Atlas in Morocco. It is found up to altitudes of 2,000 meters....
(Naufock, 1937)
- Jordanita hispanica
- Subgenus Lucasiterna Alberti, 1961
- Jordanita cirtanaJordanita cirtanaJordanita cirtana is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in northern Algeria and Tunisia.The length of the forewings is 8-10 mm for males and 7-10 mm for females. Adults are on wing from May to June.-References:...
(Lucas, 1849) - Jordanita subsolanaJordanita subsolanaJordanita subsolana is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. 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....
(Staudinger, 1862)
- Jordanita cirtana
- Subgenus Rjabovia Efetov & Tarmann, 1995
- Jordanita horniJordanita horniJordanita horni is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Turkey, Armenia, Nakhchivan and northern Iran.The length of the forewings is 9.1-11 mm for males and 9.2-10 mm for females. Adults are on wing from the end of June to the end of July....
(Alberti, 1937)
- Jordanita horni
- Subgenus Jordanita Verity, 1946
- Jordanita syriacaJordanita syriacaJordanita syriaca is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in Syria, Lebanon and Israel.The length of the forewings is 10.4-11 mm for males and about 10.5 mm for females.-References:...
(Alberti, 1937) - Jordanita graecaJordanita graecaJordanita graeca is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern Slovakia through Hungary, the Balkan Peninsula, Rhodes and Cyprus to southern Russia, Ukraine, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran and northern Iraq....
(Jordan, 1907) - Jordanita chlorosJordanita chlorosJordanita chloros is a moth of the Zygaenidae family.-Distribution:It is found from southern France, Italy and south-eastern Switzerland through southern, central and eastern Europe to the Caucasus, Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq. It is also found in eastern Kazakhstan and southern...
(Hübner, 1813) - Jordanita chloronotaJordanita chloronotaJordanita chloronota is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern Turkey, where it is only known from the southern side of the Taurus Mountains....
(Staudinger, 1871) - Jordanita globulariaeJordanita globulariaeJordanita globulariae is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from the western part of the Iberian Peninsula through western, central and eastern Europe to the Ural...
(Hübner, 1793) - Jordanita tenuicornisJordanita tenuicornisJordanita tenuicornis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family.-Biology:The young larvae of ssp. turatii feed on Carlina vulgaris 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...
(Zeller, 1847) - Jordanita fazekasiJordanita fazekasiJordanita fazekasi is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found in southern Hungary.The length of the forewings is 12.1-13.1 mm for males.-References:...
Efetov, 1998 - Jordanita vartianaeJordanita vartianaeJordanita vartianae is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is endemic to southern and central Spain.The length of the forewings is 13.7-14.7 mm for males and 9-9.5 mm for females.-References:...
Malicky, 1961
- Jordanita syriaca
- Subgenus Praviela Alberti, 1954
- Jordanita anatolicaJordanita anatolicaJordanita anatolica is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. 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....
(Naufock, 1929)
- Jordanita anatolica