Yponomeuta plumbella is a lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

 from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 20 millimeter.

The imago

Imago

In biology, the imago is the last stage of development of an insect, after the last ecdysis of an incomplete metamorphosis, or after emergence from the pupa where the metamorphosis is complete...

 is clearly distinguishable from other related moths, because of the distinguished black mark in the middle of the inner rim of the forward wing and the black marking at the tip of the forward wing.

Host Plant

The host plant of this moth is European spindle

European spindle

Euonymus europaeus, known as spindle, and also as European spindle and common spindle, is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae. Other names include Fusoria, Fusanum, Ananbeam, Shemshad Rasmi .-Description:...

. There are more ermine moths that use this plant as their host: Yponomeuta cagnagellus and Yponomeuta rorrellus.