Ypsolopha mucronella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Europe, through Siberia to Japan and in Asia Minor.
Ypsolopha mucronella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ypsolophidae |
Genus: | Ypsolopha |
Species: | Y. mucronella |
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Ypsolopha mucronella (Scopoli, 1763) | |
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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.
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