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Ypsolopha parenthesella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Ypsolophidae
Genus:	Ypsolopha
Species:	Y. parenthesella
Binomial name
	Ypsolopha parenthesella; (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
	Phalaena parenthesella Linnaeus, 1761; Alucita costella Fabricius, 1775;

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Ypsolopha parenthesella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found from Europe to Japan, as well as north-eastern China, Asia Minor and mideast Asia.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm.Head white or ochreous-whitish. Forewings pale or rather deep golden-ochreous, with scattered blackish strigulae, sometimes much suffused with dark bronzy-fuscous; usually a white longitudinal blotch extending along or beneath basal half of costa; a blackish dot above tornus, and another at apex.Hindwings grey.Larva yellowish-green ; subdorsal line slender, yellowish ; dots black; head brownish. ^[2]It is a variable species, especially in wing pattern and colour.^[3]

Adults are on wing from August to September. The larvae feed on various trees, including Quercus, Fagus, Fraxinus, Populus, Carpinus (including Carpinus betulus), Crataegus, Malus, Betula and Corylus avellana.

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ UKmoths

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[3] UKmoths

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-The [[wingspan]] is 16–20&nbsp;mm. Adults are on wing from August to September. It is a variable species, especially in wing pattern and colour.<ref>[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=460 UKmoths]</ref>
+The [[wingspan]] is 16–20&nbsp;mm.Head white or ochreous-whitish. Forewings pale or rather deep golden-ochreous, with scattered blackish strigulae, sometimes much suffused with dark bronzy-fuscous; usually a white longitudinal blotch extending along or beneath basal half of costa; a blackish dot above tornus, and another at apex.Hindwings grey.Larva yellowish-green ; subdorsal line slender, yellowish ; dots black; head brownish. <ref>Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, London [https://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis00meyr/page/n7 pdf] {{PD-notice}} Keys and description</ref>It is a variable species, especially in wing pattern and colour.<ref>[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=460 UKmoths]</ref>
+Adults are on wing from August to September.
 The larvae feed on various trees, including ''[[Quercus]]'', ''[[Beech|Fagus]]'', ''[[Fraxinus]]'', ''[[Populus]]'', ''[[Carpinus]]'' (including ''[[Carpinus betulus]]''), ''[[Crataegus]]'', ''[[Malus]]'', ''[[Betula]]'' and ''[[Corylus avellana]]''.
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