Jordanita maroccana
Jordanita maroccana is a butterfly of the family of burnet ( Zygaenidae ).
- 4.1 Notes and references
- 4.2 Literature
Features
The moths reach a forewing length 11.1 to 12.3 mm in males and from 10.5 to 12.0 mm in females. Head, thorax and abdomen shining dark green, sometimes bluish green. Head and thorax are very hairy. The antennae are short, have a pronounced combing and consist of 32-33 segments. The front upper wing surface shimmers blue or gray-green. The hind wings are dark brown and opaque. The underwings are dark brown and have a faint bluish tinge.
In the males, the aedeagus has a short comma-shaped cornutus.
The ostium of the females is wide, bulged the antrum. The latter is strongly sclerotized and has laterally located comblike Sklerotisierungen with a smooth surface. The ductus bursae is strongly serrated, broad at the base, distally bent, narrow and slightly twisted. The corpus bursae is spherical.
Similar Species
The occurring in the Middle Atlas populations of Jordanita algirica have slightly narrower wings, the front wing tops are golden green shimmer and strong, the hind wings are bright and translucent.
At Adscita mauretanica the last sensor segments are fused to form platelets, which end in a truncated cone. The sensor of J. maroccana are tapered.
Jordanita Benderi is larger, the wings are translucent and colored differently.
None of the above types head and thorax are hairy. All related species can be distinguished from genitalmorphologisch J. maroccana.
Dissemination
Jordanita maroccana is endemic to Morocco and there comes from the low altitudes of the hills of the Pays Zaïr Zaïane up to 2000 meters altitude in the Middle Atlas ago.
Biology
The moths fly depending on the altitude from April to early June. About the biology of the species is so far not known. It is believed that the caterpillars develop as the related species of safflower.