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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Diamondback Moths (Plutellidae)

Family Plutellidae - Diamondback Moths

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Diamondback Moth - Hodges#2366 - Plutella xylostella Diamondback Moth - Hodges #2366 - Plutella xylostella Diamondback Moth - Hodges#2366 - Plutella xylostella Plutella xylostella Plutella xylostella - Diamondback Moth - Hodges#2366 - Plutella xylostella Diamond-Back Moth? - Plutella xylostella What is this moth? - Plutella xylostella Coleophora? - Plutella porrectella
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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 Plutellidae (Diamondback Moths)
Numbers
about 22 species in North America (1)
Identification
Adults - smaller and relatively slender when compared to Ypsolopha (1)
Food
most Plutella feed on Brassicaceae, one of the few moth lineages adapted to do so. Other genera are specialists on unrelated angiosperms, including Berberidaceae, Ericaceae, and Caprifoliaceae (1)
Life Cycle
pupation in a loose-meshed, less compact cocoon than Ypsolopha (1)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 August, 2005 - 11:52pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 16 March, 2016 - 3:47pm

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