Mustha spinosula (Lefebvre, l831)

Mustha spinosula (Lefebvre, l831)

General distribution: EU: Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Russia (Caucasus), Turkey (European part). NA: Egypt. AS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey (Asian part), Turkmenistan ( Rider, 2006).

Distribution in Turkey: Adana (Central province, Seyhan-Amanus), Amasya (Kale), Ankara (Bağlum, Baraj, Kızılcahamam, Central province), Antalya (Akseki, Demre, Elmalı, Güllük Mountain, Gündoğmuş, Central province, Kalediran-Gazipaşa, Serik, Kaş),Artvin (Çoruh-Ardanuç, Central province),Aydın (Kuşadası, Nazilli, Söke), Bursa (Central province–Uludağ, Mudanya, İznik), Çanakkale (Çan, Eceabat, Gelibolu, Central province), Çorum (Ayvalı, İskilip, Osmancık-Yeni Danişment), Diyarbakır, Edirne (Central province, Keşan, Central province), Elazığ (Hazar Gölü-Fırat Üniv. Misafirhanesi, Tacer Village) Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Isparta (Eğirdir), İstanbul (Boğaziçi, Polu Çiftliği), İzmir (Bayındır, Bornova, Menemen, Central province-Yamanlar Mountain, Selçuk), Kahramanmaraş (Ahır Mountain, Gavur Mountains: Göksun), Karaman (Ermenek), Kilis (Toros-Eibes), Konya, Manisa (Central province, Kula, Sultanyayla) Mardin, Mersin (Gülek), Muğla (Bodrum, Fethiye-Seki, Central province), Muş (Dum-Kurtuk Mountain), Ordu (Fatsa-Kılıçlı), Samsun (Bafra-Başkaya, Bengü, Central province-Kurupelit Yerleşkesi), Tokat (Artova, Sulusaray, Taşlıçiftlik), Uşak (Eşme) ( Horváth, 1883, 1890, 1901, 1919; Kiritshenko, 1918, 1924; Fahringer, 1922; Hoberlandt, 1955; Linnavuori, 1965; Wagner, 1966; Lodos et al., 1978, 1998; Kıyak, 1990; Önder et al., 1995; Fent & Aktaç, 2008; Dursun & Kartal, 2008).

Material examined: Antalya - Akseki , 22.VI.1981, 1 ♀ ; Kaş , 01.VIII.1986, 1 ♁ ; Çanakkale - Eceabat - Kabatepe , 11.VII.2002, 1 ♀ ; Edirne - Central province - Sarayiçi (Tavukormanı) , 10.IX.1996, 1 ♀, 2 ♁♁ ; Güllapoğlu Campus , 01.VII.2007, 1 ♁ ; Enez , 21.VII.1994, 1 ♀, 1 ♁ ; Keşan ( Korudağı ), 13.VII.2002, 1 ♀ ; Uzunköprü - Sığırcılı , 26.VIII.1993, 2 ♁♁ ; Hakkari - Çukurca, 05.VI.1975, 1 ♀, 1 ♁ ; 16.VI.1975, 1 ♁ ; Hatay - Samandağ , 25.VI.1993, 1 ♁ ; 05.VII.1993, 1 ♁ ; İzmir - Bornova , 02.VI.1977, 1 ♀ ; 29.VI.1978, 1 ♁ ; 16.VI.1983, 1 ♀ ; Kemalpaşa , 16.VI.1992, 1 ♀ ; K i rklareli - Pınarhisar ( Mahya Tepesi ) , 17.VII.2002, 2 ♁♁ ; Muğla - Central province , 06.VI.1973, 1 ♁ ; Bodrum - Central province , 05.VI.1973, 1 ♁ .

Host plants: In this study the specimens were found on Ceratonia ciliqua , Crataegus sp. , Myrtus communis , Pinus sp. , Pyrus elaeagnifolia , Platanus orientalis , Populus sp. , Quercus sp. and unidentified herbage. Also this species has been reported on Cupressus pyramidalis , Quercus lusitanica, ( Fahringer, 1922) , fruit trees ( Hoberlandt, 1955), Juniperus sp. , Pyrus malus , Prunus amygdalus ( Lodos et al., 1998) ; Acacia sp. , Crataegus sp. , Quercus sp. , Prunus sp. ( Derjanschi & Péricart, 2005), Cotoneaster nummularia , Crataegus monogyna , Phillyrea latifolia , Pistacia terebinthus and Quercus pubescens ( Dursun & Kartal, 2008) .