16.008 Yponomeuta sedella (Orpine Ermine)
ws:15-18mm (MBGBI3), fw 7.5-9.0mm (Sterling & Parsons); bivoltine Apr-May, Aug; orpine (Sedum telphium); local in England S of Lincolnshire in East and Worcestershire in West and in Northumberland
Yponomeuta sedella §1 female
ID: Small and grey with black spots which are absent from the distal portion of the wing; with a black mark in the costal half of the terminal cilia.
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 04/08/2015; female; fw 7.8mm; to light (specimen obtained by Ben Lewis)
§2 Dungeness, Kent; 12/07/2018; male; fw 7.5mm
§3 Leworthy, Devon; 31/07/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Dungeness, Kent; 12/07/2018; male; fw 7.5mm
§3 Leworthy, Devon; 31/07/2021; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 15/08/2015 (§1) | §2 added 25/05/2019 | §3 added 06/12/2021
