Negotinthia myrmosaeformis explained

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.^[1] It has also been recorded from Asia Minor, northern Iraq, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The wingspan is about 22 mm.

The larvae feed on the roots of Potentilla species,^[2] including Potentilla recta, Potentilla obscura, Potentilla taurica and Paliurus spina-cristi.^[3]

Subspecies

• 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)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230810/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=440174 Fauna Europaea
2. Web site: A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) . 2012-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214853/http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-05-29-1/zoo-29-1-4-0402-1.pdf . 2016-03-03 . dead .
3. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/sesiidae/tinthiinae/tinthia/index.html Tinthia at funet