Species Ypsolopha senex - Hodges#2392

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Print References · 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 Ypsolophidae

Genus Ypsolopha

Species senex (Ypsolopha senex - Hodges#2392)

Hodges Number

2392

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ypsolopha senex (Walsingham, 1889)

Trachoma senex Walsingham, 1889

Identification

For some detail information about this species see E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Food

Larvae feed in a loose web on the leaves of Salix species.

Print References

Walsingham, Lord 1889. Steps towards a revision of Chambers's index, * with notes and descriptions of new species. Insect Life 1(9): 288

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Contributed by Ian Maton on 25 July, 2012 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 8 February, 2023 - 12:56pm

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