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
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum (
dentiferella)
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