Yponomeuta meridionalis
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Yponomeuta meridionalis is a moth
of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Tajikistan
and is also recorded from the Levant
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Larvae have been recorded on Crataegus korolkowii, Crataegus songarica
and Crataegus turkestanica.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
and is also recorded from the Levant
Levant
The Levant or ) is the geographic region and culture zone of the "eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt" . The Levant includes most of modern Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and sometimes parts of Turkey and Iraq, and corresponds roughly to the...
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Larvae have been recorded on Crataegus korolkowii, Crataegus songarica
Crataegus songarica
Crataegus songarica is an Asian species of hawthorn with black fruit that is sometimes used medicinally. It is closely related to Crataegus ambigua,, a species that has red fruit.- Distribution and ecology :...
and Crataegus turkestanica.