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Ypsolopha rubrella

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Species of moth

Ypsolopha rubrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ypsolopha
Species: Y. rubrella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha rubrella
(Dyar, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Cerostoma rubrella Dyar, 1902

Ypsolopha rubrella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found in the United States from California east to Colorado and Oklahoma.

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

The larvae feed on Berberis repens in Colorado and Berberis nervosa in coastal California.

References

  1. nearctica Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bug Guide
  3. mothphotographersgroup
Taxon identifiers
Ypsolopha rubrella


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