Ypsolopha chazariella

Ypsolopha chazariella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species: Y. chazariella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha chazariella
(Mann, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cerostoma chazariella Mann, 1866

Ypsolopha chazariella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and France. It has also been recorded from Finland, and it is thought that it was introduced to northern Europe with its food plant, which is a common decorative plant in Europe.

The larvae feed on Acer tatarica. Larvae can be found from late May to the middle of June.

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