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

Superfamily Yponomeutoidea - Ermine Moths and kin

Representative Images

Ailanthus Webworm Moth, an orange, black and white moth - Atteva aurea Micro Moth - Diploschizia impigritella Diamondback Moth - Plutella xylostella Ypsolopha cervella Diamondback Moth - Plutella xylostella American Ermine moth - Yponomeuta multipunctella Zelleria haimbachi 2427? - Zelleria arizonica Arizona Moth for ID - Argyresthia
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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)

Identification

Below is a guide to the local families of Yponomeutoidea. The images included are meant to be illustrative of the general appearance of each family as an aid for narrowing down possibilities for identification. While the commonest elements of forewing maculation in each family are represented, many patterns are not.

Argyresthiidae



Attevidae



Bedelliidae



Glyphipterigidae



Heliodinidae



Lyonetiidae



Plutellidae



Praydidae



Yponomeutidae



Ypsolophidae

Print References

Lewis & Sohn, 2015 (1)

Internet References

Sohn et al. 2013. A Molecular Phylogeny for Yponomeutoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Ditrysia) and Its Implications for Classification, Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Plant Use. PLoS One. 8(1): e55066.

Works Cited

1.Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae).
Lewis, J.A. & Sohn, J-C. 2015. 2015. World Catalogue of Insects. 12: 1–253.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 March, 2006 - 7:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 14 March, 2021 - 8:54pm

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