Jordanita subsolana is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is found from southern Spain though the southern part of central Europe, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Greece to southern Russia and Ukraine, Turkey and Transcaucasia up to the Altai.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Zygaenidae |
Genus: | Jordanita |
Species: | J. subsolana
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Binomial name | |
Jordanita subsolana (Staudinger, 1862)
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The length of the forewings is 12–16 mm (0.47–0.63 in) for males and 9–12.5 mm (0.35–0.49 in) for females. Adults are on wing from the end of June to the start of August in central Europe and from May to July in the southern part of the range.
References
edit- C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 87-88757-15-3