Greek cuisine gyro, moussaka, dolmades, yuvarlakia and keftethes with the neighboring countries. To an even greater extent it is influenced by Italian cuisine and cuisines from other neighboring south European countries, and thus, especially in southern regions and the islands it includes several kinds of pasta, like hyllopites, gogkes and tziolia. Greek cuisine has a culinary tradition of some 4,000 years and is a part of the history and the culture of Greece. Its flavors change with the season and its geography. Greek cookery, historically a forerunner of Western cuisine, spread its culinary influence, via ancient Rome, throughout Europe and beyond. It
Cabbage moth Cabbage moth "Note: the small white species of butterfly is commonly called a "cabbage moth" in North America." "Mamestra brassicae", or the cabbage moth, is primarily known as a pest that is responsible for severe crop damage of a wide variety of plants species. While known colloquially as the cabbage moth, the name is a misnomer as the species is known to feed on many fruits, vegetables, and other crops with the "Brassica" vegetable crops (i.e. cabbage, broccoli, Brussel sprouts) being most preferred. Other notable host plants include tobacco, sunflower, and tomato, making this pest species particularly economically damaging. The