Ypsolopha cervella
| Ypsolopha cervella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Yponomeutoidea |
| Family: | Ypsolophidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Ypsolopha |
| Species: | Y. cervella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ypsolopha cervella (Walsingham, 1881) | |
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Ypsolopha cervella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Vancouver Island southward in the Pacific states to San Diego County in California and Arizona.
The wingspan is about 19 mm. There is one generation per year, with adults emerging in June. Adults are polymorphic.
The larvae feed on oaks of the sections Erythrobalanus and Lepidobalanus, including Quercus chrysolepis and Quercus gambelii. Young larvae feed on newly emerging terminal buds. Later instars feed on the undersides of expanding leaves.
References
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