Ypsolopha coriacella explained

Ypsolopha coriacella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is known from Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia.

The larvae feed on Abies species.[1] However, the species occurs in the regions with nowadays' absence of the fir, as well. For instance, it has been found just a little to the north-west of Yaroslavl, some 150 km westwards from the most extreme western distribution edge of the fir.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/portal/Chem_Biol/vzl/2005/pdf/2005/6/09_Kozhevnikova.pdf Host-plants of the larvae of diamond-back moths (Plutellidae) of the Ukrainian fauna
  2. http://eversmannia.entomology.ru/eversmannia_10_32.pdf Klepikov M.A. A faunistic review of the fauna of the families Ypsolophidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea) of the Yaroslavl Area.

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