Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
considered by some authors as part of family Plutellidae, or as a subfamily (Plutellinae) of Yponomeutidae
Numbers
38 species in 3 genera in North America (
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Identification
small moths with fairly broad forewings, hooked at the tip; at rest, the hooked tips project upward, giving a "duck-tailed" profile
Range
much of North America and southern Canada
also represented throughout Eurasia
Remarks
Ypsolophidae was treated as a family by Dugdale et al (1999) in Kristensen N.P. (editor) Lepidoptera: Moths and butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, systematics and biogeography. Handbook of Zoology. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin/New York.
Internet References
live adult images of
Ypsolopha dentella (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
pinned adult image of
Ypsolopha dentella (Kimmo and Seppo Silvonen, Finland)
live larva image of
Ypsolopha dentella (Ben Smart, UK Moths)
classification of genus Ypsolopha in family Ypsolophidae (Brian Pitkin
et al, Butterflies & Moths of the World)
