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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ypsolophidae » Ypsolopha » Ypsolopha falciferella - Hodges#2380 (Ypsolopha falciferella)

Species Ypsolopha falciferella - Hodges#2380

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ypsolopha falciferella February Moth, Top view with ruler - Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolophidae: Ypsolopha falciferella - Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella in Nova Scotia - Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella
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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 falciferella (Ypsolopha falciferella - Hodges#2380)
Hodges Number
2380
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ypsolopha falciferella (Walsingham, 1881)
Cerostoma falciferella Walsingham, 1881
Size
Forewing length 10.5-13.5 mm. (1)
Wingspan ≈ 21mm (2)
Identification
Range
British Columbia to southern California and Arizona. (1)
Habitat
Known from a wide variety of habitats, including mixed wood forests, riparian habitats and semi-arid scrubland. (2)
Season
Adults fly March to June. (1)
Food
Prunus. (1)
Life Cycle
Pupation takes place in an elongated silken cocoon. (2)
Print References
Walsingham, Lord 1881. On some North-American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 307
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (3)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (4)
Wikipedia - brief description (2)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Wikipedia
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 13 October, 2006 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 March, 2020 - 3:42pm

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