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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 » Apple Ermine Moth - Hodges#2421.1 (Yponomeuta malinellus)

Species Yponomeuta malinellus - Apple Ermine Moth - Hodges#2421.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Remarks · Internet References
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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 Yponomeutidae (Ermine Moths)
Subfamily Yponomeutinae
Genus Yponomeuta
Species malinellus (Apple Ermine Moth - Hodges#2421.1)
Hodges Number
2421.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyponomeuta malinella, Hyponomeuta malinellus Zell
Food
This larva feeds exclusively on apple.
Remarks
Of Eurasian origin. First found in northwestern Washington in the summer of 1985.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 1 July, 2010 - 3:45pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Beatriz Moisset, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 February, 2022 - 2:44pm

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