| Negotinthia myrmosaeformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Negotinthia |
| Species: | N. myrmosaeformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Negotinthia myrmosaeformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846) [1] | |
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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.
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-christi . [4]