Ypsolopha flavistrigella

Ypsolopha flavistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Ypsolophidae
Genus:	Ypsolopha
Species:	Y. flavistrigella
Binomial name
	Ypsolopha flavistrigella; (Busck, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
	Cerostoma flavistrigella Busck, 1906;

Ypsolopha flavistrigella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It was known only from the southern part of the United States (Texas, California, Utah and Colorado), but has also been recorded from Alberta, Canada.^[2]

The wingspan is about 23 mm.^[3] Adults are on wing from May to the beginning of October.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species.

References

↑ nearctica Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
↑ mothphotographersgroup

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[1] rctica Archived January 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

[2] University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

[3] thphotographersgroup