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Yponomeuta rorrella

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Willow ermine moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Yponomeuta
Species:
Y. rorrella
Binomial name
Yponomeuta rorrella
(Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Tinea rorrella Hubner, 1796

Yponomeuta rorrella (willow ermine moth) is a lepidopteran from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths, probably a migrant, but abundantly found in Britain, mostly concentrated in Northumberland.

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