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Species Ypsolopha falciferella - Hodges#2380

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Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella? - Ypsolopha falciferella Moth - Ontario - Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolophidae: Ypsolopha falciferella - Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella moth - Ypsolopha falciferella Ypsolopha falciferella Unknown Insect - 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 Tony 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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