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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ypsolophidae » Ypsolopha » Canary Ypsolopha - Hodges#2371 (Ypsolopha canariella)

Species Ypsolopha canariella - Canary Ypsolopha - Hodges#2371

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ypsolopha canariella Canary Ypsolopha Moth - Ypsolopha canariella Canary Ypsolopha Moth - Ypsolopha canariella Canary Ypsolopha Moth - Ypsolopha canariella Ypsolophidae: Ypsolopha dentella - Ypsolopha canariella Ypsolopha - Ypsolopha canariella Ypsolophidae: Ypsolopha canariella - Ypsolopha canariella Ypsolopha dentiferella - Ypsolopha canariella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Ypsolophidae
Genus Ypsolopha
Species canariella (Canary Ypsolopha - Hodges#2371)
Hodges Number
2371
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ypsolopha canariella (Walsingham, 1881)
Cerostoma canariella Walsingham, 1881
Cerostoma dentiferella Walsingham, 1881
Cerostoma frustella Walsingham, 1881
Explanation of Names
Ypsolopha canariella (Walsingham, 1881) includes as a synonyms Ypsolopha dentiferella (Walsingham, 1881) and Ypsolopha frustella (Walsingham, 1881) in Sohn in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)(1) as suggested by Powell & Opler (2009) (2).
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "canary" for the "canary-yellow" head, thorax and forewings. (3)
Size
Walsingham (1881) listed the wingspan about 19-21 mm. (3)
Range
Most of United States, and across Canada from Quebec to British Columbia.
Type locality (canariella): Scott's Valley, Lake Co., CA.
Type locality (dentiferella): Mount Shasta, CA.
Type locality (frustrella): Shasta Co., CA.
Habitat
Various: mixed wood forests, semi-arid scrubland, prairies, badlands; adults are nocturnal and come to light. (4)
Season
Adults fly from May to September.
Food
Larvae feed on leaves of willow (Salix spp.) and honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) and flowers of common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus). (4)
Remarks
Per Powell & Opler (2009), Ypsolopha dentiferella, frustella and canariella may be conspecific.(2) BOLD mtDNA data seems to support that conjecture. As of 2016, the BIN group, BOLD:AAC0506, contains all three species with all three placed randomly in the TaxonID Tree.
Print References
Walsingham (1881), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881: 308-309; pl. 35, figs. 10 (dentiferella), 11 (canariella), 12 (frustella). (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum (dentiferella) (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.On some North-American Tineidae.
Lord Walsingham. 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 301-324, Pl.35,36.
4.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 February, 2009 - 1:59am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 December, 2023 - 3:23pm

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