Ypsolophidae : Ypsolophinae
Ypsolopha nemorella
YPSOLOPHA nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ypsolopha nemorella
YPSOLOPHA nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Hooked Smudge
Wingspan: 21-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Hungary,Madeira,Malta,
Portugal,Sardinia,Slovenia & Ukraine) : mid eastern China : Russia
UK Distribution: Local throughout British Isles but very local in north-west England,not Outer Hebrides ,Orkney and Shetland : rare in Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Calcareous Soils
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The buff forewings are broad and hooked at the apex with darker coloured venation and occasionally a brownish streak extending from the base to the tornus. At one half a black spot almost reaches the dorsum with black scales scattered elsewhere.
Moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 21-24mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Greece,Hungary,Madeira,Malta,
Portugal,Sardinia,Slovenia & Ukraine) : mid eastern China : Russia
UK Distribution: Local throughout British Isles but very local in north-west England,not Outer Hebrides ,Orkney and Shetland : rare in Ireland
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phalaena sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Calcareous Soils
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The buff forewings are broad and hooked at the apex with darker coloured venation and occasionally a brownish streak extending from the base to the tornus. At one half a black spot almost reaches the dorsum with black scales scattered elsewhere.
Moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feeds on Honeysuckle
Larva feeds on Honeysuckle
Taxonomy
Kingdom:
Subkingdom: Phylum: Subphylum Class: Order: Superfamily: Family: Subfamily: Genus: Accepted Species Name: Type Species YPSOLOPHA: Original Species Name: Literary Ref: Type Locality: |
Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Ypsolophidae Ypsolphinae YPSOLOPHA Latreille 1796 Ypsolopha nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767) - PHALAENA nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.536 - n.247 - Not Specified |