Ypsolophidae
36a0146 –
2371 Ypsolopha canariella
(Walsingham, 1881)
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Larva and Host Plants: |
Host familiy: Caprifoliaceae Ericaceae Salicaceae. Host genera: Gaultheria Lonicera[unresolved] Salix Symphoricarpos. Notes: live in open webs on foliage (Eiseman 2020). (Shropshire & Douglas 2025)
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| Similar Species: |
- Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
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| Synonymy: |
canariella (Walsingham, 1881) (Cerostoma) - MONA 1983: 2371; TL: Scott's Valley, Lake Co., CA.dentiferella (Walsingham, 1881) (Cerostoma) n. syn. (Sohn (2023:177) - MONA 1983: [2376]; TL: Mount Shasta, CA.frustella (Walsingham, 1881) (Cerostoma) n. syn. (Sohn 2023:177) - MONA 1983: [2382]; TL: Shasta Co., CA.frustrella; [various], [no date] (Ypsolopha) missp.; TL: (no type). |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAC0506 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
- Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 11.5f, 11.6m; p. 107. Book Review and ordering
- Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
- Sohn, J.-C., 2015. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology with Revised Status of Pluteloptera ochrella. Breviora, 542: 1-19.
- Sohn, J.-C., 2023. The subfamily Ypsolophinae of the world. National Institute of Biological Resources, 288 pages.
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum (canariella)
- Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum (dentiferella)
- Species Page at iNaturalist
- Walsingham, T. de G., 1881. On some North American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 308-309; pl. 35, figs. 10 (dentiferella), 11 (canariella), 12 (frustella).
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