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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ypsolophidae » Euceratia » Euceratia securella - Hodges#2352 (Euceratia securella)

Species Euceratia securella - Hodges#2352

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Euceratia

Species securella (Euceratia securella - Hodges#2352)

Hodges Number

2352

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euceratia securella Walsingham, 1881

Numbers

There are two named species of the genus Euceratia in America north of Mexico.

Size

The forewing length is 8.5-11 mm. (1)

Identification

The original description is available in the print references below.

Range

Southern Washington to San Diego and Santa Cruz Island. (2), (1)

Habitat

Foothill canyons. (1)

Season

The adults are most common during the months of March to July, with records through September in coastal areas. (3), (1)

Food

The larval host plants are thought to be Lonicera (honeysuckle), and Symphoricarpos (snowberry). (1)

Life Cycle

The larva are leaf tiers. (1)

See Also

Euceratia castella is smaller and the range overlaps with Euceratia securella. (1)

Print References

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 11.15, p. 108.(1)

Walsingham, L. 1881. On some North American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 311.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 March, 2012 - 6:23pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:49pm

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