Species Details

ABH: 16.001

BF: 424

Family: Yponomeutidae

Subfamily: Yponomeutinae

Taxon: Yponomeuta evonymella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernacular: Bird-cherry Ermine

Account: Common in woodland and scrub throughout much of the British Isles, more numerous in the north. Given that the foodplant is not native and uncommon in southern England, and it is likely that most specimens taken in southern England are immigrants Larva feeds on Bird Cherry, living gregariously within a silken web.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 19 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jun (2010) — 25 Aug (2021)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Prunus padus (Bird Cherry).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/yponomeuta-evonymella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 190

Individuals: 117

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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