Jordanita hector
Jordanita hector is a butterfly of the family of burnet ( Zygaenidae ).
- 4.1 Notes and references
- 4.2 Literature
Features
The moths reach a forewing length 13.0 to 14.0 mm in males and from 9.5 to 12.0 mm in females. Head and forehead ( frons ) are only slightly wider than the compound eyes and coppery shimmer. The Vertex shimmering bluish green. The sensors have a slender stem, shimmering coppery and bluish green. You are combed long and consist of 41 to 43 segments. The Patagia ( paired structure on the pronotum that covers the base of the front wing ) and the Tegulaebeschuppung shimmering bluish green. The legs shimmer coppery proximally and distally blue. The abdomen shining green and blue at the end. The front wing tops shimmering green and blue distally. The hind wings are dark gray tops, the bottoms are gray.
In the male the uncus is slender, the Valven are slim and have a short, ventral distal appendage. The aedeagus is long and slender and strongly curved basally. It has a long slender cornutus, which is often split distally.
In females, the ostium narrows, the antrum is missing most. The ductus bursae is translucent, has a smooth surface and is long and slender. It is distal convoluted and has no lateral appendages. The corpus bursae is small and spherical.
Similar Species
Jordanita budensis and Jordanita notata come before sympatric with J. hector. The species can be distinguished genitalmorphologisch.
Dissemination
Jordanita hector occurs in southern Turkey and Lebanon.
Biology
Over the life of the species is not known. It is thought that the caterpillars develop on Centaurea cheirolopha. The moths fly in late May.