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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ypsolophidae » Ypsolopha » Ypsolopha cervella - Hodges#2372 (Ypsolopha cervella)

Species Ypsolopha cervella - Hodges#2372

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

is it a moth? or something else? - Ypsolopha cervella

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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 cervella (Ypsolopha cervella - Hodges#2372)

Hodges Number

2372

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ypsolopha cervella (Walsingham, 1881)

Cerostoma cervella Walsingham, 1881 (1)

Cerostoma electropa Meyrick, 1914 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "deer-like" for the "pale fawn-colour." (1)

Ypsolopha cervella (Walsingham, 1881) includes as a synonym Ypsolopha electropa (Meyrick, 1914) (Sohn in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023)(3).

Size

Forewing length 7-9 mm. (4)

Identification

Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)

Range

From British Columbia to southern California. (4)

Season

Adults fly May to early October. (4)

Food

Oaks. (4)

Print References

Walsingham, T. de Grey. 1881. On some North-American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 307; Pl.35, f.8. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Thomas de Grey Walsingham (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	On some North-American Tineidae. Lord Walsingham. 1881. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 301-324, Pl.35,36.

2.	Exotic Microlepidoptera, volumes 1-5, 1912-1937. (1969 reprint) J. F. Gates Clarke, Edward Meyrick, T. B. Bainbrigge-Fletcher, J. T. Janse. 1969. E. W. Classey Ltd.

3.	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.

4.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Chris Grinter on 16 June, 2010 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2023 - 4:45am

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