Ypsolopha scabrella
Species of moth
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Ypsolopha scabrella, the wainscot hooktip or wainscot smudge, is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is found in Europe, China, Russia, Asia Minor and mideast Asia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Ypsolophidae |
| Genus: | Ypsolopha |
| Species: | Y. scabrella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The head and thorax are whitish, streaked with dark fuscous. Forewings with apex acutely produced; whitish, more or less sprinkled with light purplish fuscous and black, veins ferruginous-brown; dorsal half more or less wholly suffused with dark purplish-fuscous, with one or two black streaks, a dorsal streak darker; three blackish scale tufts below fold and one above tornus. Hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is green: dorsal line broad, white; dots black.[1]
The moth flies from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on apple, Crataegus and Cotoneaster.
