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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ermine Moths (Yponomeutidae) » Yponomeutinae » Yponomeuta
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Spotted moth - Yponomeuta
Copyright © 2005 Tom Whelan

Spotted moth - Yponomeuta
Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
July 26, 2005
Size: Small; a few centimeters
A striking diurnal moth I found on milkweed on Cape Cod last week. There were quite a few of these nectaring on milkweed flowers just next to the woods (pine and oak). A surprise to find when I was looking for Coral and Striped hairstreaks. Any suggestion on what this is?

**Added later: I now think this is an Ermine moth, such as American Ermine Moth, Yponomeuta multipunctella, Hodges number 2420. Anyone knwo for sure?**
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Contributed by Tom Whelan on 31 July, 2005 - 4:37pm
Last updated 2 August, 2005 - 3:08pm

I've wondered about these for
I've wondered about these for a long time myself. There are 3 species that all look alike in the eatern U.S. Y. multipunctella is "suppose" to have 4 distinct rows of black dots, Y. cagnagella 3. Yours seems half way inbetween. I sure hope we get some comments on this.
… Dennis Profant, 1 August, 2005 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
spots
This certainly seems to have more spots than the cagnagella images at mothphotographers where Troy's image is posted as multipunctella. We'll move these both to Yponomeuta and await Dennis's decision.
… john and jane balaban, 2 August, 2005 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

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