Ypsolopha scabrella

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Ypsolopha scabrella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species:
Y. scabrella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha scabrella
Linnaeus, 1761

Ypsolopha scabrella, the wainscot hooktip or wainscot smudge, is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in Europe, China, Russia, Asia Minor and mideast Asia.

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Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The head and thorax are whitish, streaked with dark fuscous. Forewings with apex acutely produced; whitish, more or less sprinkled with light purplish fuscous and black, veins ferruginous-brown; dorsal half more or less wholly suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, with one or two black streaks, a dorsal streak darker; three blackish scale tufts below fold and one above tornus. Hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is green: dorsal line broad, white; dots black. [1]

The moth flies from July to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on apple, Crataegus and Cotoneaster .

References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description

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