Yponomeuta cagnagella

Spindle Ermine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Yponomeuta
Species:	Y. cagnagella
Binomial name
Yponomeuta cagnagella (Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
Tinea cagnagella Hubner, 1813 Nygmia cognatella Hubner, 1825 Yponomeuta cagnagellus

The Spindle Ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella) is a lepidoptera from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimeter.

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. There are more ermine moths that use this plant as their host: Yponomeuta plumbella and Yponomeuta rorrella.

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  The silk of the larvae of Yponomeuta cagnagellus

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  Larvae of Yponomeuta cagnagellus

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  Larvae of Yponomeuta cagnagellus

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  Larva of Yponomeuta cagnagellus