cat: Yponomeuta malinellus; esp: Yponomeuta malinellus; eng: Apple Ermine
Artaza-Navarra-Spain
phylum: Arthropoda > (Unirramia) > Hexapoda > class: Insecta > (Pterygota) > (Neoptera) > Endopterygota > order: Lepidoptera > (Glossata) > (Heteroneura-Ditrysia-Yponomeutoidea) > family: Yponomeutidae
Similar to Myelois circumvoluta (Pyralidae). It is difficult to separate the adults from other Yponomeuta species, even by genitalia examination. Identification is most reliable if done on the basis of larval foodplant and some larval and pupal features.
