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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
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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)
Phylogenetic sequence #360045
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin meaning "deer-like" for the "pale fawn-colour." (1)
Size
Forewing length 7-9 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - see original description in Print References. (1)
Range
From British Columbia to southern California. (2)
Season
Adults fly May to early October. (2)
Food
Oaks. (2)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 16 June, 2010 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 November, 2017 - 8:52pm

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