Ypsolopha scabrella
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ypsolophidae |
Genus: | Ypsolopha |
Species: | Y. scabrella
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Binomial name | |
Ypsolopha scabrella Linnaeus, 1761
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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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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
[edit]- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
External links
[edit] Media related to Ypsolopha scabrella at Wikimedia Commons
- Waarneming.nl (in Dutch)
- Lepidoptera of Belgium
- Kimber, Ian. "17.005 BF455 Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus, 1761)". UKMoths. Retrieved 23 October 2020.