17.002 Ypsolopha nemorella Copyright Martin Evans
 17.002 Ypsolopha nemorella Copyright Martin Evans
 Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
 Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans  17.002 Ypsolopha nemorella Copyright Martin Evans

Ypsolophidae

17.002 Pale Honeysuckle Moth Ypsolopha nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 10 to 11.5mm

Habitats: Woodland.

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva feeds on the leaves of honeysuckles from within a slight web. It pupates in a slender brown cocoon spun in the leaf litter or on the foodplant.