Ermine moth
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The family Yponomeutidae are known as the ermine moths, with several hundred species, most of them in the tropics. The larvae tend to form communal webs,[1] and some are minor pests in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. Adult moths are minor pollinators.
- Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."
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Ermine moth | |
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Yponomeuta evonymella | |
Communal larval web | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Yponomeutoidea |
Family: | Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829 |
Diversity | |
600 species |
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There are five or six subfamilies. Some authors also include the closely related Plutellidae as yet another subfamily: