Yponomeuta rorella

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Willow Ermine moth

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
Genus: Yponomeuta
Species: Y. rorella
Binomial name
Yponomeuta rorella
Hübner, 1796

The Willow Ermine Moth (Yponomeuta rorella) is a lepidoptera from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths.

The moth has greyish-silvery wings with black spots.

[edit] Host Plant

The host plant of this moth is, among others, the European spindle. There are more ermine moths that use this plant as their host: Yponomeuta plumbella and Yponomeuta cagnagella.

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