Ypsolopha rubrella

Ypsolopha rubrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species: Y. rubrella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha rubrella
(Dyar, 1902)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cerostoma rubrella Dyar, 1902

Ypsolopha rubrella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found in the United States from California east to Colorado and Oklahoma.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Berberis repens in Colorado and Berberis nervosa in coastal California.

References

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