The family Yponomeutidae are known as the ermine moths, with several hundred species, most of them in the tropics. The larvae tend to form communal webs, and some are minor pests in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. Some of the adults are very attractive. Adult moths are minor pollinators.
The bird-cherry ermine is a species of moth in the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 25 mm. The insect was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus who gave it the name Phalaena evonymella; it was later transferred to the genus Yponomeuta, becoming Yponomeuta evonymella. The moth can be found in the whole of Europe and the northern and eastern part of Asia.
Yponomeuta plumbella is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths.
Yponomeuta cagnagella, the spindle ermine, is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimetres. The head is white. Forewings are white; four longitudinal series of few black dots, first not reaching middle, second beginning near before middle, lowest including 4-7 dots ; some additional black dots before termen ; cilia white. Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is pale greyish-yellowish ; spots black ; head black.
Yponomeuta padella is a lepidopteran from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths.It is also known as the cherry ermine
Myelois circumvoluta, the thistle ermine, is a small moth species of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe.
Oncocera semirubella is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in European regions, including the British Isles, and East Asia.
Leucania obsoleta, the obscure wainscot, is a moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is found in Europe.
Adoxophyes orana, the summer fruit tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm and Taiwan.
Phiaris micana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and across the Palearctic.
Dichrorampha simpliciana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe and the Near East.
Yponomeuta sedella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe.
Swammerdamia pyrella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Japan.
Hedya salicella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe.
Phyllonorycter platani is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. The moth is found in Europe, the Near East and the eastern Palearctic realm, as well as California in the United States.
Conistra rubiginosa, the black-spot chestnut, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in Europe.
Spilosoma urticae, the water ermine, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in temperate belt of the Palearctic realm like similar Spilosoma lubricipedum, but prefers drier biotopes. So, S. urticae is more abundant in steppes and it is the single Spilosoma species in Central Asia.
Incurvaria pectinea is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. It is found in Europe.
Acrobasis advenella is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Johann Zincken in 1818 and is found in most of Europe.
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.
