Ypsolopha nemorella

Ypsolophidae : Ypsolophinae

Ypsolopha nemorella

YPSOLOPHA nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Kind permission - © Tim Norriss

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 -

Local = 101 - 300 10km squares

European Conservation Status -

Least Concern

Original Species Name -

Phalaena nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type Species - Ypsolopha

Phalaena sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Not Specified

Flight Period: June - August - univoltine
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Calcareous Soils
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None

Larva: Larva feeds on Honeysuckle ssp.beneath a silken web
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

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Animalia
Eumetozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Yponomeutoidea
Ypsolophidae
Ypsolphinae
YPSOLOPHA Latreille 1796
Ypsolopha nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phalaena sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767)
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PHALAENA nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title Page : p.536 - n.247
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