| Yponomeuta plumbella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Yponomeuta |
| Species: | Y. plumbella |
| Binomial name | |
| Yponomeuta plumbella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) |
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Yponomeuta plumbella is a lepidoptera from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 20 millimeter.
The imago is clearly distinguishable from other related moths, because of the distinguished black mark in the middle of the inner rim of the forward wing and the black marking at the tip of the forward wing.
The host plant of this moth is European spindle. There are more ermine moths that use this plant as their host: Yponomeuta cagnagellus and Yponomeuta rorrellus.