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Bird-cherry Ermine
Yponomeuta evonymella
51.5769, 6.51406
Field Notes
Description:
The Bird-cherry Ermine (Yponomeuta evonymella) is a day active lepidoptera from the family Yponomeutidae, the Ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 16 to 25 millimetre.
The host plant of the Bird-cherry Ermine is the Bird Cherry. Because the caterpillars make an extensive weblike nest, they can eat a whole tree bare unhindered although it is quite possible that the trees can survive with reduced growth in the following growth seasons.
The flight time ranges from July up to August. The moth can be found in the whole of Europe and the northern and eastern part of Asia.
Habitat:
You find this species in almost all of Europe from the river valleys to the deciduous forest border in lowland forests on stream banks with bushes and trees, and in gardens and parks. The frequency varies with the years, but mass developments, leading to defoliation of forage plants, are not rare.
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