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Bird-cherry Ermine

Yponomeuta evonymella

Classification

Class
Insecta

The bird-cherry ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) is a species of moth in the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 25 mm. The insect was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus who gave it the name Phalaena evonymella; it was later transferred to the genus Yponomeuta, becoming Yponomeuta evonymella.

Distribution

Hannco Bakker · CC BY
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Netherlands · 8,417Germany · 4,326United Kingdom · 2,152Switzerland · 249Belgium · 203France · 145Luxembourg · 27Italy · 13Spain · 3