Ypsolophidae : Ypsolophinae
Honeysuckle Moth
YPSOLOPHA dentella (Fabricius, 1775)
Honeysuckle Moth
YPSOLOPHA dentella (Fabricius, 1775)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Wingspan: 20-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,
Slovenia & Ukraine) : Asia minor
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Gardens
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The forewing is broad centrally and hooked basally and at the apex,a long whitish to pale brownish yellow band along the dorsum from the base to the tornus.A thin white line separates this band laterally where below it is a rich reddish brown.This thin white line finishes obliquly taking the lower band to a lower level along the wing.
Moth is attracted to light.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,
Slovenia & Ukraine) : Asia minor
UK Distribution: Common throughout the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Alucita dentella (Fabricius, 1775)
- Phalaena sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Sweden
Habitat: Woodland : Scrub : Gardens
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Ovum
Observations: The forewing is broad centrally and hooked basally and at the apex,a long whitish to pale brownish yellow band along the dorsum from the base to the tornus.A thin white line separates this band laterally where below it is a rich reddish brown.This thin white line finishes obliquly taking the lower band to a lower level along the wing.
Moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feeds on Honeysuckle beneath a silken web
Larva feeds on Honeysuckle beneath a silken web
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.
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.
- Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family
- Symphoricarpos rivularis - Snowberry
- Symphoricarpos rivularis - Snowberry
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Yponomeutoidea Ypsolophidae Ypsolphinae YPSOLOPHA Latreille 1796 Ypsolopha dentella (Fabricius, 1775) - Phalaena sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767) - ALUCITA dentella (Fabricius, 1775) = Tinea harpella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) = xylostella Linnaeus, 1758 - Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. - Flensbvrgi, Lipsiae. in officina libraria Kort : Fabricius, Johann Christian 1775 : Title Page : p.667 - n.2 - Sweden |