Yponomeuta cagnagella
| Spindle ermine | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Yponomeuta |
| Species: | Y. cagnagella |
| Binomial name | |
| Yponomeuta cagnagella (Hübner, 1813)[1] | |
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Yponomeuta cagnagella, the spindle ermine, is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimetres.
Flight time ranges from the end of June to October. The moth is attracted to light.
Host plant
The host plant of this moth is European spindle. Other ermine moths that use this plant as their host are Yponomeuta plumbella and Yponomeuta irrorella.
The silk of the larvae of Yponomeuta cagnagellus
Larvae of Y. cagnagellus
Larvae of Y. cagnagellus
Larva of Y. cagnagellus
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