Bird-cherry ermine

Yponomeuta evonymella

The bird-cherry ermine is a day active lepidopteran from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 25 mm.
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Appearance

Similar species :
⤷ Cherry or orchard ermine, ''Yponomeuta padella''
⤷ Apple ermine ''Yponomeuta malinellus''
Bird-cherry ermine - side view, Heesch, Netherlands Sorry, this one slipped through the Moth Week 2018 set, should have posted it earlier. Species in this family are very easy to identify when you know the host plant, and very tricky if you don't. I've been working together with an expert on FB to exclude other species in the family until we came to this one, based on pattern and distribution. Main reference is a very similar observation found here (note the top view photo in particular, which is a strong match): https://waarneming.nl/soort/info/1690 https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63961/bird-cherry_ermine_heesch_netherlands.html Bird-cherry ermine,Europe,Heesch,Moth Week 2018,Netherlands,World,Yponomeuta evonymella

Distribution

The flight time ranges from July up to August. The moth can be found in the whole of Europe and the northern and eastern part of Asia.
Bird-cherry ermine, Heesch, Netherlands Sorry, this one slipped through the Moth Week 2018 set, should have posted it earlier. Species in this family are very easy to identify when you know the host plant, and very tricky if you don't. I've been working together with an expert on FB to exclude other species in the family until we came to this one, based on pattern and distribution. Main reference is a very similar observation found here (note the top view photo in particular, which is a strong match): https://waarneming.nl/soort/info/1690 https://www.jungledragon.com/image/63962/bird-cherry_ermine_-_side_view_heesch_netherlands.html Bird-cherry ermine,Europe,Heesch,Moth Week 2018,Netherlands,World,Yponomeuta evonymella

Food

The host plant of the bird-cherry ermine is the bird cherry. Because the caterpillars make an extensive weblike nest, they can eat a whole tree bare unhindered although it is quite possible that the trees can survive with reduced growth in the following growth seasons.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyYponomeutidae
GenusYponomeuta
SpeciesY. evonymella
Photographed in
Germany
Netherlands