Ypsolopha nella
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Ypsolopha nella is a moth
of the family Ypsolophidae
. It is known from the United States
, including Arizona
and Utah
.
The wingspan
is about 21 mm.
The antennae are white with narrow sharp black annulations. The Labial palpi are dark canary yellow and the short terminal joint light yellow. The face and head are whitish-yellow and the thorax is fawn brown. The forewings are fawn brown with a faint central streak running from the base to the middle of the cell. It is canary yellow and with apical part of costal edge touched with yellow. At the base, just above the yellow streak, start three narrow longitudinal lines of bluish-white scales, each of which has the central part black. At the end of the cell, the lower of these lines divides into several, following the apical veins. On the fold is a similar but not so well defined line of white black-spotted scales. The entire wing has strong violet reflections. The hindwings are rather dark purplish fuscous and the legs and underside of the body are golden white, sprinkled with black.
The larvae feed on Abies species.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the family Ypsolophidae
Ypsolophidae
Ypsolophidae is a family of moth. They are included in the Plutellidae by many authors.-Ypsolophinae:* Phrealcia Chrétien, 1900** Phrealcia brevipalpella Chrétien, 1900** Phrealcia eximiella...
. It is known from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, including Arizona
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
and Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 21 mm.
The antennae are white with narrow sharp black annulations. The Labial palpi are dark canary yellow and the short terminal joint light yellow. The face and head are whitish-yellow and the thorax is fawn brown. The forewings are fawn brown with a faint central streak running from the base to the middle of the cell. It is canary yellow and with apical part of costal edge touched with yellow. At the base, just above the yellow streak, start three narrow longitudinal lines of bluish-white scales, each of which has the central part black. At the end of the cell, the lower of these lines divides into several, following the apical veins. On the fold is a similar but not so well defined line of white black-spotted scales. The entire wing has strong violet reflections. The hindwings are rather dark purplish fuscous and the legs and underside of the body are golden white, sprinkled with black.
The larvae feed on Abies species.