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Ypsolopha cervella

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Species of moth

Ypsolopha cervella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species: Y. cervella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha cervella
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Cerostoma cervella Walsingham, 1881
  • Abebaea cervella
  • Cerostoma subsylvella Walsingham, 1889
  • Abebaea subsylvella

Ypsolopha cervella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Vancouver Island southward along the Pacific coast to San Diego County in California and inland to Arizona.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. There is one generation per year, with adults emerging in June. Adults are polymorphic.

The larvae feed on oaks of the sections Erythrobalanus (red oak) and Lepidobalanus (white oak), including Quercus chrysolepis and Quercus gambelii.

References

  1. nearctica Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. mothphotographersgroup
Taxon identifiers
Ypsolopha cervella


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