Swammerdamia pyrella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Japan.
Gnawed hawthorn leafLarva
Species of moth
Swammerdamia pyrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Yponomeutidae
Genus:
Swammerdamia
Species:
S.pyrella
Binomial name
Swammerdamia pyrella
(Villers, 1789)
Synonyms
Phalaena pyrella Villers, 1789
The wingspan is 10–13mm. The head is white or whitish ochreous. Thorax is dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, closely irrorated with dark fuscous, and irregularly sprinkled with whitish; a dark purplish fuscous entire fascia before middle; a whitish anteapical costal spot; cilia dark coppery - fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellow; subdorsal line dark red-brown; 4-12 with pale brown anterior bands; head brown, sides blackish.[1]
The moth flies in two generations from late April to August..
The larvae feed on Crataegus, apple, pear and cherry.
Notes
^The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdfThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
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