Yponomeuta irrorella
Appearance
Yponomeuta irrorella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Yponomeuta |
Species: | Y. irrorella
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Binomial name | |
Yponomeuta irrorella | |
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Yponomeuta irrorella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Norway, Belgium, the Iberian Peninsula, Estonia and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 19–25 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Euonymus europaeus from within a silken web.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived July 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UKmoths