Jordanita vartianae (Malicky, 1961)


Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Female (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Half-grown larva (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [N] Jordanita vartianae: Half-grown larva (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [M] Jordanita vartianae: Half-grown larva (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [M] Jordanita vartianae: Half-grown larva (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [M] Jordanita vartianae: Feeding pattern (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [N] Jordanita vartianae: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Feeding pattern (e.l. rearing, Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, larva in late March 2019) [S] Jordanita vartianae: Larval habitat (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [N] Jordanita vartianae: Larval habitat (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [N] Jordanita vartianae: Larval habitat (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [N] Jordanita vartianae: Larval habitat (Spain, Granada, Sierra de Huetor, late March 2019) [N]

Host plants:
I recorded the larva on Centaurea.

Habitat:
I recorded the larvae on an garrigue-like aisle through pine woodland in the spanish Sierra de Huetor (NE of Granada).

Life cycle:
I recorded the still half-grown larvae singly in late March. They show the same feeding pattern as related species. The moths occur between may and early July.

Remarks:
Jordanita vartianae is endemic to eastern Spain, from Andalucia (e.g. Granada) to S-Catalonia.
The specimens have been genitalized by Mr. Tarmann (Innsbruck).



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