Jordanita budensis is a moth

Moth

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 of the Zygaenidae

Zygaenidae

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 family. It is found in disjunct populations in central Spain

Spain

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, southern France

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, Italy

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, eastern Austria

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, Hungary

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, the Balkan Peninsula, Greece

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, Ukraine

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, the Crimea

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, the European part of southern Russia

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, the Caucasus

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, Transcaucasia, Turkey

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, southern Siberia

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, Mongolia

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 and the Amur

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 region.

The length of the forewings is 12.5-15.5 mm for males and 8-11 mm for females. Adults are on wing during the day.

The larvae feed on Centaurea paniculata in western Europe, Centaurea triumfetti in central Europe and Achillea setacea on the Crimea. They mine

Leaf miner

Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths , sawflies and flies , though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.Like Woodboring beetles, leaf...

the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a fleck mine. The opening is a slit at the very side of the mine. They have a black head and a yellowish-brown body with red-violet lines. Pupation takes place in a thin cocoon under the soil surface.