Jordanita carolae
Jordanita carolae is a butterfly of the family of burnet ( Zygaenidae ).
- 4.1 Notes and references
- 4.2 Literature
Features
The moths reach a forewing length 8.2 to 9.1 mm in males and 8.0 to 8.5 mm in females. Head, thorax and abdomen shining blue or bluish green. Head and thorax are only slightly hairy. The sensors consist of 40 to 41 segments. The front wing tops shimmer blue and are only weakly tinted green. The hind wings are dark gray, the wing undersides are gray and not filled with shimmering scales.
In the males, the aedeagus has a pronounced triangular cornutus, which never has a sharp peak. The 8th Abdominalsternit extends to the posterior margin of the segment.
In females, the ostium is wide, sclerotized funnel-shaped and strong. Proximal it is smooth, distally fluted and translucent. The ductus bursae is curved and is proximally at right angles. The corpus bursae is ovoid.
The egg is previously undescribed.
The caterpillar is whitish brown and has a whitish yellow belly. The gray- brown back warts do not touch at the center back. You spring long white and gray short bristles. Both sides to the back warts runs a light brown line. The warts on the sides and short ventral bristles are pale gray-brown. Above these bristles runs a light brown line. The integument is provided with one or more spiny tubercles observed with the naked eye appear as black dots.
Pupa and cocoon previously undescribed.
Similar Species
Jordanita algirica is carolae in the south of the High Atlas and Anti - Atlas about the same as J. in Morocco. In the similar way, the front wing tops shimmer but never blue. The cornutus of the vesica is tapered larger and sharp. The 8th Abdominalsternit does not reach the posterior margin of the segment. The females of the two species can only be distinguished genitalmorphologisch.
Jordanita minutissima is about as big as J. carolae, but the front wing tops shimmer never blue. The cornutus of the vesica is triangular in both species, but has in the similar way a sharp tip. The 8th Abdominalsternit not reach to the end of the segment. The females can also be distinguished only genitalmorphologisch. By J. minutissima there is so far no evidence from Morocco.
Dissemination
Jordanita carolae comes in Morocco prior to the southeast of the High Atlas. The species inhabited steppe habitats at altitudes from 1000 to 1500 meters.
Biology
The caterpillars develop probably due to the Kugeldistelart Echinops spinosus. The adult caterpillar nate in the leaves, but they do not bore into the stems, as is the case with Jordanita rungsi. The moths fly from late April to late May.