Ypsolopha senex

Ypsolopha senex
Ypsolopha senex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species: Y. senex
Binomial name
Ypsolopha senex
(Walsingham, 1889)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trachoma senex Walsingham, 1889
  • Cerostoma koebelella Dyar, 1900

Ypsolopha senex is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found throughout North America. In Canada it occurs in most provinces, from British Columbia and Alberta to Manitoba. It is present in most of the continental United States. It is known from a wide variety of habitats, including riparian ecosystems, mixed wood forest and alpine tundra.[2]

They are of a uniform, drab colour. Adults are on wing from June to September. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species. Feeding occurs in a loose web. Pupation takes place in a silken cocoon of a tubular shape.

References

  1. ^ nearctica
  2. ^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
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