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Yponomeuta sedella Treitschke, 1832

Orpine Ermine
(Grey Ermine)
16.0080 (B&F: 431)

Synonym(s):
Yponomeuta vigintipunctata (Retzius, 1783)


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

Number of records: 124
Recorded in: 36 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 05 viii 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 1Adult: Distinctive

A Nationally Notable Class B, resident moth. It occurs singly at mv light from the second week of July to late August. The larvae feed on orpine and related garden cultivars, although this needs confirmation in Sussex. (Pratt, 2011).

Yponomeuta sedella
Etchingham, 18 viii 2021
Photo: Caroline Moore
Yponomeuta sedella
Lewes, 29 viii 2020
Photo: Peter Tinning
Yponomeuta sedella
Lindfield, 26 iv 2011
Photo: Bob Foreman
Yponomeuta sedella
Lindfield, 28 vii 2009
Photo: Bob Foreman

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