Ermine moth

Bird cherry - Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta evonymellus )

The web - buds and moths ( Yponomeutidae ) are a family of butterflies. They are found worldwide with about 900 species, of which 116 species are known from Europe, of which 74 occur in Central Europe. Their main area of ​​distribution are the tropics.

  • 3.1 Notes and references
  • 3.2 Literature

Description

Their forewings are often whitish with dark spots, their hind wings gray; closed these form a steep roof. The moths have a wingspan of up to 25 millimeters. After oviposition take place 4-5 larval stages with different colors.

The caterpillars of some species Gespinstmotte nate in leaves and needles. Others also feed on buds and flowers. The name derives from the fantasies in which they are, depending on the type individually or in groups, pupate. Overall, you can find the types of web and bud moths to about 50 plant families, they feed mainly on grasses ( Poaceae ). Fantasies can whole trees and benches include. They were once used as a base for a cobweb picture.

Some species such as the apple tree Gespinstmotte damage fruit and garden shrubs and are therefore opposed.

System (selection)

Scythropiinae

  • Scythropia crataegella (Linnaeus, 1767)

Yponomeutinae

  • Euonymus - Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta cagnagella ( Hübner, 1813) )
  • Bird cherry - Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta evonymella (Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Yponomeuta irrorella ( Hübner, 1796)
  • Apple Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta malinellus Zeller, 1838)
  • Plum Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus, 1758) )
  • Faulbaum - Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta plumbella ( Denis & Schiffer Müller, 1775) )
  • Yponomeuta rorrella ( Hübner, 1796)
  • Sedum Gespinstmotte ( Yponomeuta sedella ( Treitschke, 1833) )

Argyresthiinae

Swell

Glossata Yponomeutoidea James Francis Stephens Pupa#Cocoon Swammerdamia compunctella Bird-cherry Ermine Zelleria hepariella
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