Ypsolopha coriacella

Ypsolopha coriacella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia.

Ypsolopha coriacella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Ypsolophidae
Genus:
Ypsolopha
Species:
Y. coriacella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha coriacella
Synonyms
  • Rhinosia coriacella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

The larvae feed on Abies species.[2] However, the species occurs in the regions with nowadays' absence of the fir, as well. For instance, it has been found just a little to the north-west of Yaroslavl, some 150 km westwards from the most extreme western distribution edge of the fir.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Host-plants of the larvae of diamond-back moths (Plutellidae) of the Ukrainian fauna
  3. Klepikov M.A. A faunistic review of the fauna of the families Ypsolophidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) of the Yaroslavl Area.
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