Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Zygaenidae Scientific name Jordanita tenuicornis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Jordanita Rank Species | |
Jordanita tenuicornis is a moth of the Zygaenidae family.
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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 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
Etymology
The species name is derived from tenuis (meaning thin) and cornu (meaning horn) and refers to the thin antennae of this species.
References
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