Ypsolopha coriacella

Ypsolopha coriacella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Ypsolophidae
Genus:	Ypsolopha
Species:	Y. coriacella
Binomial name
	Ypsolopha coriacella; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
	Rhinosia coriacella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855;

Ypsolopha coriacella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia.

The larvae feed on Abies species.^[2] However, the species occurs in the regions with nowadays' absence of the fir, as well. For instance, it has been found just a little to the north-west of Yaroslavl, some 150 km westwards from the most extreme western distribution edge of the fir.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Host-plants of the larvae of diamond-back moths (Plutellidae) of the Ukrainian fauna
^ Klepikov M.A. A faunistic review of the fauna of the families Ypsolophidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) of the Yaroslavl Area.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Host-plants of the larvae of diamond-back moths (Plutellidae) of the Ukrainian fauna

[3] Klepikov M.A. A faunistic review of the fauna of the families Ypsolophidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) of the Yaroslavl Area.

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