Buckthorn web moth
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Alder buckthorn moth ( Yponomeuta plumbella ) |
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| ( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775) |
The buckthorn web moth ( Yponomeuta plumbella ) is a butterfly ( moth ) from the family of web and bud moths (Yponomeutidae).
features
The moths reach a wingspan of 16 to 20 millimeters. The species is one of the more easily recognizable Yponomeuta species, as there is a black spot in the middle of the forewing. Another distinguishing feature is a blackish mark on the wing tip.
The caterpillars have an ocher yellow color with two rows of black dots on the back with one pair of dots per segment.
Way of life
The adult animals ( Imagines ) fly from June to August on bush-clad slopes , forest edges , parklands and gardens . The caterpillars spin themselves into a common web and live there from April to June. Sometimes they are so numerous on the bushes that the host plants are seriously damaged. The caterpillars' preferred food plants are the euonymus ( Euonymus europaeus ), the buckthorn ( Frangula alnus ) and the sloe ( Prunus spinosa ).
swell
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jozef Ponec: Butterflies of our homeland . Verlag Obzor, Bratislava (German translation of the original Slovak edition from 1982), ISBN 3-8112-0380-0
literature
- Thomas Kaltenbach, Peter Victor Küppers: Small butterflies. Verlag J. Neudamm-Neudamm, Melsungen 1987, ISBN 3-788-80510-2
Web links
- www.lepiforum.de
- Collection of the Natural History Museum Stockholm (Swedish)
- Guide to the moths of Great Britain and Ireland (English)
- Markku Savela: Lepidoptera and some other life forms (English)
- Yponomeuta plumbella at Fauna Europaea