Ypsolopha flavistrigella

Ypsolopha flavistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species: Y. flavistrigella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha flavistrigella
(Busck, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cerostoma flavistrigella Busck, 1906

Ypsolopha flavistrigella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It was known only from the southern part of the United States (Texas, California, Utah and Colorado), but has also been recorded from Alberta, Canada.[2]

The wingspan is about 23 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species.

References

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