Ypsolopha vittella, the elm autumn moth, is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Europe through Siberia to Japan, including China, Asia Minor and mideast Asia. The habitat consists of woodlands and copses.
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| Ypsolopha vittella Russia, Moscow, Mozhaysky District, | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Ypsolophidae |
| Genus: | Ypsolopha |
| Species: | Y. vittella
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| Ypsolopha vittella | |
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The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The head is light grey. Forewings pale grey or whitish-grey, sometimes brownish-mixed, sprinkled or strigulated with dark grey, sometimes more or less wholly suffused with blackish; a blackish or dark fuscous streak along dorsum, forming triangular projections upwards before and beyond middle. Hindwings are grey. The larva is brown- blackish; dorsal stripe broadly whitish.[2]
Adults are on wing from July to August.[3] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves and flowers of Ulmus and Fagus species.[4] Other recorded food plants include Quercus, Lonicera and Acer pseudosieboldianum.
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ UKmoths
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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