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Species Ypsolopha walsinghamiella - Hodges#2400

Micro Moth Caterpillar? - Ypsolopha walsinghamiella

Ypsolopha? Reared - Ypsolopha walsinghamiella

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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 walsinghamiella (Ypsolopha walsinghamiella - Hodges#2400)

Hodges Number

2400

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Trachoma walsinghamiella Busck, 1903

Cerostoma instabilella of authors not Mann, 1866

Phylogenetic sequence # 360073

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham. (1)

Identification

A partial account is given by Busck. (1)

Range

Western North America.

Food

Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) (2), and possibly other members of the Rosaceae family.

Print References

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009, Moths of Western North America. (3)

Internet References

Journal of the New York Entomological Society

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on the Cerostoma group of Yponomeutidae, with descriptions of new North American species August Busck. 1903. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 11: 45-59.

2.	Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults Miller & Hammond. 2003. USDA.

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

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by George Smiley on 20 July, 2023 - 11:13am

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