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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ermine Moths (Yponomeutidae) » Yponomeutinae » Yponomeuta » American Ermine Moth - Hodges#2420 (Yponomeuta multipunctella)
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moth - Yponomeuta multipunctella
Copyright © 2015 sh11

moth - Yponomeuta multipunctella
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
July 17, 2014
Yponomeuta multipunctella??
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Contributed by sh11 on 23 March, 2015 - 6:14am
Last updated 14 March, 2020 - 1:17pm

Moved
Moved from Orchard Ermine Moth.
… Aaron Hunt, 14 March, 2020 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Looks like 4 of us agree.
… A. Hendrickson, 23 March, 2015 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi A
I notice that you ID'ed the specimen as Y. padella, but Marcia Morris indicated that she thought it was the species that I suspect it is (Y. multipunctella)...could you please revisit this ID?- many thanks!
… sh11, 23 March, 2015 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Ermine
looks like one of these:

… Marcia Morris, 23 March, 2015 - 6:32am login or register to post comments

I would suggest that it is a
I would suggest that it is a Yponomeuta sp., but please wait for the experts.
Best regards,
Konrad
… Konrad Zobel, 23 March, 2015 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

 
I appreciate
the feedback Konrad!
… sh11, 23 March, 2015 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

 
Hi sh11, I had not seen/read
Hi sh11, I had not seen/read that you already had made the right ID yourself, but I was tempted to write because in Vienna, Austria, where I normally live, that genus also exists (though probably not the exact same species).
Best regards,
Konrad
… Konrad Zobel, 23 March, 2015 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

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