Ypsolopha scabrella information

Ypsolopha scabrella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Ypsolophidae
Genus:	Ypsolopha
Species:	Y. scabrella
Binomial name
	Ypsolopha scabrella; Linnaeus, 1761

Ypsolopha scabrella, the wainscot hooktip or wainscot smudge, is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in Europe, China, Russia, Asia Minor and mideast Asia.

Illustration from John Curtis's *British Entomology* Volume 6

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The head and thorax are whitish, streaked with dark fuscous. Forewings with apex acutely produced; whitish, more or less sprinkled with light purplish fuscous and black, veins ferruginous-brown; dorsal half more or less wholly suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, with one or two black streaks, a dorsal streak darker; three blackish scale tufts below fold and one above tornus. Hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is green: dorsal line broad, white; dots black.^[1]

The moth flies from July to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on apple, Crataegus and Cotoneaster.

^ 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

[1] 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

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