Ypsolopha mucronella

Ypsolopha mucronella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Ypsolophidae
Genus:	Ypsolopha
Species:	Y. mucronella
Binomial name
	Ypsolopha mucronella; (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
	Phalaena mucronella Scopoli, 1763; Phalaena caudella Linnaeus, 1767; Tinea acinacidella Hübner, 1796;

Ypsolopha mucronella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Europe, through Siberia to Japan and in Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 26–33 mm.The forewings are narrow, apex very strongly and acutely produced ; light brownish-ochreous, with scattered black scales, veins obscurely whitish ; a dark fuscous streak along fold from base to beyond middle ; sometimes other dark streaks between veins ; a raised dark fuscous dot beneath fold before middle. Hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous. The larva is greenish-grey, marbled with rosy-ochreous ; dorsal line whitish ; 3 and 4 with pairs of black spots.^[1]

Adults are on wing from August to April.

The larvae feed on Euonymus species, including Euonymus europaeus.

References[]

^ 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

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[1] 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

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