Yponomeuta plumbella

Taxobox
name = "Yponomeuta plumbellus"

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Yponomeutidae
subfamilia = Yponomeutinae
genus = Yponomeuta
species = "Y. plumbellus"
binomial = "Yponomeuta plumbellus"
binomial_authority = Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

"Yponomeuta plumbellus" is a lepidoptera from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 20 millimeter.

The imago is clearly distinguishable from other related moths, because of the distinguished black mark in the middle of the inner rim of the forward wing and the black marking at the tip of the forward wing.

Host Plant

The host plant of this moth is European spindle. There are more ermine moths that use this plant as their host: "Yponomeuta cagnagellus" and "Yponomeuta rorrellus".