Ypsolopha coriacella | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ypsolophidae |
Genus: | Ypsolopha |
Species: | Y. coriacella |
Binomial name | |
Ypsolopha coriacella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) | |
Synonyms | |
|
Ypsolopha coriacella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia.
The larvae feed on Abies species. However, the species occurs in the regions with nowadays' absence of the fir, as well. For instance, it has been found just a little to the north-west of Yaroslavl, some 150 km westwards from the most extreme western distribution edge of the fir.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Host-plants of the larvae of diamond-back moths (Plutellidae) of the Ukrainian fauna
- Klepikov M.A. A faunistic review of the fauna of the families Ypsolophidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) of the Yaroslavl Area.
Taxon identifiers | |
---|---|
Ypsolopha coriacella |
This article relating to the family Ypsolophidae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |