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Yponomeuta plumbella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Black-tipped Ermine
16.0070 (B&F: 430)


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

Number of records: 146
Recorded in: 40 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 13 viii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A resident that occurs singly at mv light in a few localities across the county. It is single-brooded, flying mainly from the third week of July to early September. The larvae feed on spindle. (Pratt, 2011).

Yponomeuta plumbella
Scotney Estate, 27 viii 2018
Photo: Charles Waters
Yponomeuta plumbella
Woods Mill, 10 viii 2016
Photo: Bob Foreman
Yponomeuta plumbella
Belton Road, Brighton, 13 vii 2018
Photo: Jeremy Patterson
Yponomeuta plumbella
Etchingham, 12 viii 2012
Photo: Caroline Moore
Yponomeuta plumbella
Woods Mill, 1 viii 2019
Photo: Bob Foreman
Yponomeuta plumbella
Scotney Castle, 7 vii 2025
Photo: Charles Waters and Alison Playle
Yponomeuta plumbella
Bateman's Burwash, 12 viii 2025
Photo: Charles Waters

Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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