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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 » Orchard Ermine Moth - Hodges#2421 (Yponomeuta padella)
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few-spotted ermine moth - Yponomeuta padella
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

few-spotted ermine moth - Yponomeuta padella
Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
July 12, 2006
came to light; I could easily see with the naked eye that this one didn't have as many spots as the American Ermine Moth, of which there have been hundreds around here for the past month

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few-spotted ermine moth - Yponomeuta padella few-spotted ermine moth - top - Yponomeuta padella
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 July, 2006 - 11:57pm
Last updated 27 July, 2006 - 1:01am

Spot Count Looks (to my eye) In Same Ballpark As....
... 2421 - Orchard Ermine Moth - Yponomeuta padella
… Bob Patterson, 21 July, 2006 - 12:23am login or register to post comments

 
spot numbers
Thanks, Bob. I looked at several photos of each species today, counted the number of dots on their forewing, and came up with a tentative rule of thumb:

less than 30 dots - padella
30-40 dots - cagnagella
more than 40 dots - multipunctella

Don't know how often a specimen wouldn't fit into these "guidelines" but it seems that the Y. padella photos I looked at consistently had the fewest number of dots among the three species.
… Robin McLeod, 21 July, 2006 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
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