| Spindle Ermine | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Yponomeuta |
| Species: | Y. cagnagella |
| Binomial name | |
| Yponomeuta cagnagella (Hübner, 1813) |
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The Spindle Ermine (Yponomeuta cagnagella) is a lepidoptera from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimeter.
Flight time ranges from the end of June to October. The moth is attracted to light.
The host plant of this moth is European spindle. There are more ermine moths that use this plant as their host: Yponomeuta plumbella and Yponomeuta rorrella.