Yponomeutidae : Yponomeutinae
Orchard Ermine
YPONOMEUTA padella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orchard Ermine
YPONOMEUTA padella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Wingspan: 19-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Palearctic Region : Europe - less Croatia,Slovenia and some Mediterranean Islands : N America
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout the British Isles although absent from parts of Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Wherever the food plant occurs
Similar Species -
Observations: The Ermine moths are extremely difficult to separate although as a rough guide the grey cilia of this moth separates it from the Apple Ermine also the grey suffusion on the forewing of the moth separates it from the Spindle and Willow Ermine.Another way of separating these moths is by rearing the relevant species on its specific food plant.
May be found during the day on its larval food plant and is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Palearctic Region : Europe - less Croatia,Slovenia and some Mediterranean Islands : N America
UK Distribution: Fairly common throughout the British Isles although absent from parts of Scotland
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena (Tinea) padella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena evonymella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Wherever the food plant occurs
Similar Species -
- Apple Ermine - Yponomeuta malinellus - Zeller, 1838
- Spindle Ermine - Yponomeuta cagnagella - (Hübner, [1813])
- Willow Ermine - Yponomeuta rorrella - (Hübner, 1796)
Observations: The Ermine moths are extremely difficult to separate although as a rough guide the grey cilia of this moth separates it from the Apple Ermine also the grey suffusion on the forewing of the moth separates it from the Spindle and Willow Ermine.Another way of separating these moths is by rearing the relevant species on its specific food plant.
May be found during the day on its larval food plant and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Amelanchier canadensis - Canadian Serviceberry
- Cotoneaster melanocarpus - Hei Guo Xun Zi
- Cotoneaster nummularius - Coinwort Cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster nummularioides - No Common Name
- Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn
- Cydonia oblonga - Quince
- Malus pumila - Paradise Apple
- Malus sylvestris - Crab Apple
- Prunus avium - Wild Cherry
- Prunus bucharica - Bokhara Almond
- Prunus cerasifera - Cherry Plum
- Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
- Prunus domestica - Bullace - Plum(Britain)
- Prunus dulcis - Almond
- Prunus mahaleb - Mahaleb Cherry
- Prunus padus - Bird Cherry - Hackberry
- Prunus spinosa - Blackthorn - Sloe (Britain)
- Pyrus communis - Wild Pear
- Pyrus korshinskyi - Bukharan Pear
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix alba - White Willow
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species YPONOMEUTA: Original Species Name: Species Names: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Yponomeutidae Yponomeutinae YPONOMEUTA Latreille, 1796 Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena evonymella (Linnaeus, 1758) - PHALAENA (Tinea) padella (Linnaeus, 1758) = Yponomeuta padellus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Hyponomeuta variabilis Zeller, 1844 = Hyponomeuta padellus = Hyponomeuta alba Dufrane, 1960 = Hyponomeuta anomalella Dufrane, 1960 = Hyponomeuta grisea Dufrane, 1960 = Hyponomeuta diffluellus Heinemann 1870 = Yponomeuta rhamnellus Gershenson 1974 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.535 - n.240 - Not Specified |