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Yponomeuta irrorella (Hübner, 1796)

Scarce Spindle Ermine
(Scarce Ermine)
16.0060 (B&F: 429)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Yponomeutidae
      »Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 18
Recorded in: 10 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 11 vii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: ?Adult: Very scarce species

A very rare resident with only five singletons recorded. It is a Proposed Red Data Book Class 2 moth and has been attracted to mv light from mid July to the first week of August. The larvae feed on Euonymus europaeus in other counties. (Pratt, 2011).

Yponomeuta irrorella
Findon Valley, 14 vii 2008
Photo: Mike Snelling
Yponomeuta irrorella
Findon Valley, 16 vii 2010
Photo: Mike Snelling
Yponomeuta irrorella
Findon Valley, 21 viii 2016
Photo: Mike Snelling
Yponomeuta irrorella
Bracklesham, 25 vi 2024
Photo: Derek Lee
Yponomeuta irrorella
Eastbourne, 11 vii 2024
Photo: Dennis Chanter
Yponomeuta irrorella
Hastings, 4 vii 2025
Photo: Martin Allen

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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