Yponomeuta mahalebella

Yponomeuta mahalebella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Yponomeuta
Species: Y. mahalebella
Binomial name
Yponomeuta mahalebella
Guenee, 1845

Yponomeuta mahalebella is a moth of the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in France, Italy and Ukraine.[1]

The larvae feed on Prunus mahaleb. After hatching, young larvae hibernate and become active the following spring. Second instar and older larvae spin a silk tent and feed gregariously on the leaves of their host plant from within this tent. The tent is gradually expanded along the same branch.[2]

Taxonomy

Many authors regard Yponomeuta mahalebella as a form of Yponomeuta padella.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Variation in herbivory by Yponomeuta mahalebella on its only host plant Prunus mahaleb along an elevational gradient
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de


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