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Genus Yponomeuta

worm - Yponomeuta Tent makers on Running Strawberry - Yponomeuta cagnagella Euonymus Yponomeuta caterpillar - Yponomeuta cagnagella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea
Family Yponomeutidae (Ermine Moths)
Subfamily Yponomeutinae
Genus Yponomeuta
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Latreille, 1796. See family account for origin.
Numbers
8 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Size
wingspan 20-25 mm
Range
holarctic
Internet References
pinned adult image of Y. multipunctella plus description and other info (Gerald Fauske, Moths of North Dakota)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 July, 2005 - 9:22pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 6 January, 2009 - 8:57am

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