Yponomeuta gigas

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Yponomeuta gigas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Yponomeuta
Species:
Y. gigas
Binomial name
Yponomeuta gigas
(Rebel, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Hyponomeuta gigasRebel, 1892

Yponomeuta gigas is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found on the Canary Islands. [1]

The wingspan is 26–28 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Salix (including Salix canariensis ) and Populus species (including Populus alba ). [3]

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