Species Details

ABH: 16.008

BF: 431

Family: Yponomeutidae

Subfamily: Yponomeutinae

Taxon: Yponomeuta sedella

=Yponomeuta vigintipunctata

Authority: Treitschke, 1832

Vernacular: Orpine Ermine

Account: Local in woodland, rocky areas and hedgerows in England and Wales, as far north as Lincolnshire and Worcestershire; also recorded from Northumberland (MBGBI Vol 3) One of the more distinctive Yponomeuta, distinguished by the grey head, pale grey wing and lack of dots in the terminal area. Most likely to be confused with darker individuals of Y.padella. Larva feeds on Orpine, living gregariously within a silken web, over-wintering as a pupa.

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: 15 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 4 May (2008) — 16 Sep (2007)

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

Foodplant: Sedum telephium (Orpine).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2013

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