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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 » Yponomeuta cagnagella - Hodges#2423.1 (Yponomeuta cagnagella)

Species Yponomeuta cagnagella - Hodges#2423.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Spindle Ermine Moth - Yponomeuta cagnagella Euonymus moth - Yponomeuta cagnagella Euonymus caterpillars - Yponomeuta cagnagella unknown larvae - sawflies?? - Yponomeuta cagnagella unknown larvae - sawflies?? - Yponomeuta cagnagella 2423.1 – Yponomeuta cagnagella – Spindle Ermine Moth - Yponomeuta cagnagella euonymus caterpillar - Yponomeuta cagnagella Hodges#2423.1 - Yponomeuta cagnagella
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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 cagnagella (Yponomeuta cagnagella - Hodges#2423.1)
Hodges Number
2423.1
Range
Introduced from Europe
Food
According to Wikipedia, the host plant of this moth is European spindle.
Life Cycle
Reaches sexual maturity about 1 week after emergence because host-plant volatiles act as a release of calling behavior. In the absence of host plants, calling is delayed or permanently suppressed.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Euonymus caterpillar(pdf)
Works Cited
1.Insect-Plant Biology
L.M. Schoonhoven, T. Jermy, and J.J.A. Van Loon. 1998. Chapman and Hall.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 12 August, 2006 - 6:04pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Steve Nanz, Marci Hess, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 September, 2023 - 9:42am

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