Swammerdamia pyrella
Swammerdamia pyrella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Japan.
Gnawed hawthorn leaf
Larva
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Swammerdamia |
| Species: | S. pyrella |
| Binomial name | |
| Swammerdamia pyrella (Villers, 1789) | |
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The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The head is white or whitish ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, faintlv purplish-tinged, closely irrorated with dark fuscous, and irregularly sprinkled with whitish ; a dark purplish fuscous entire fascia before middle ; a whitish anteapical costal spot; cilia dark coppery - fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellow ; subdorsal line dark red -brown ; 4-12 with pale brown anterior bands ; head brown, sides blackish.[1]
The moth flies in two generations from late April to August..
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
References
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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