Yponomeuta malinellus (Zeller, 1838)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Yponomeutoidea → family Yponomeutidae → subfamily Yponomeutinae → genus Yponomeuta → species Yponomeuta malinellus

Species name(s)

Yponomeuta malinellus (Zeller, 1838) = Yponomeuta malinella Zeller, 1838 = Hyponomeuta malinellus Zeller, 1838. [3, 9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky*.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Forewing length

9—10 mm.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

 					January 					February 					March 					April 					May 					June 					July 					August 					September 					October 					November 					December 			

Over-wintering stage

Larva.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Yponomeuta malinella. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg , Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sardinia,Sicily, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, the Lower Amur (?) Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Ural, South Ural. [3].
Moderate Europe. Introduced to North America. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing is less than 1 cm - Butterfly noticeably less similar colorYponomeuta cagnagella. The color of the front wings - white, with three rows of black dots. Fringe hind wings light gray. [5].
Wingspan - up to 18 mm. The front wings are silvery white, with three rows of black dots, gray hind wings. [11].

General info about Imago

It flies on fruit gardens and forest edges. [5].

Imago lifespan

July. [5].

General info about Larva

Caterpillars hatch in the fall, winter under the shield, and with spring buds begin to eat first, and then the leaves of the tree. Young caterpillars mine leaves, older caterpillars feed on the surface of the sheet. Live caterpillars groups entangle the web of branches (turns large, well-marked web nests).Pupation is in the early summer, in the nest, kokonyraspolagayutsya batches of 15-20 pieces. [11].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Apple, pear (prefers young shoots), hawthorn (Crataegus). [5].

Larva lifespan

From August until the end of May. [5].
From autumn to early summer. [11].

Egg

Eggs are laid in autumn on branches of host plants, in groups. On top of pile covered rapidly solidifying liquid. [11].

Overwintering stage

Caterpillar. [5].
Caterpillar. [11].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Andrey Ponomarev, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[11] Жизнь животных по А. Э. Брему. Т.2: Членистоногие. М.: Учпедгиз РСФСР, 1941