Ypsolopha mucronella

Ypsolopha mucronella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Europe, through Siberia to Japan and in Asia Minor.

Ypsolopha mucronella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Ypsolophidae
Genus:
Ypsolopha
Species:
Y. mucronella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha mucronella
Synonyms
  • Phalaena mucronella Scopoli, 1763
  • Phalaena caudella Linnaeus, 1767
  • Tinea acinacidella Hübner, 1796

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.

References
  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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