Negotinthia myrmosaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the countries around the Black Sea, including Ukraine, southern Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] It has also been recorded from Asia Minor, northern Iraq, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Negotinthia |
| Species: | N. myrmosaeformis
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| Negotinthia myrmosaeformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)[1]
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The wingspan is about 22 mm.
The larvae feed on the roots of Potentilla species,[3] including Potentilla recta, Potentilla obscura, Potentilla taurica and Paliurus spina-cristi.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Negotinthia myrmosaeformis myrmosaeformis (Balkans, Asia Minor, northern Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern Russia, southern Ukraine)
- Negotinthia myrmosaeformis cingulata (Staudinger, 1871) (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Greece, southern Bulgaria to southern Russia)
References
edit- ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
- ^ Tinthia at funet