Ypsolopha sarmaticella

Ypsolopha sarmaticella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia (Russian Plain, the West Siberian Plain and the South Siberian Mountains) and Ukraine.

Ypsolopha sarmaticella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Ypsolophidae
Genus:
Ypsolopha
Species:
Y. sarmaticella
Binomial name
Ypsolopha sarmaticella
(Rebel, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cerostoma sarmaticella Rebel, 1917

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Caragana species.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Host-plants of the larvae of diamond-back moths (Plutellidae) of the Ukrainian fauna


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