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Spilosoma lubricipeda, the white ermine, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout the temperate belt of Eurasia from Europe through Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to Amur Region, China, Korea and Japan. In China several sibling species occur. Caterpillar Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 5
Larvae of Ermine moths at the bottom of their cocoon. Ermine moths are small to medium-sized moths varying in wingspan from 8 to 31 mm (0.3 to 1.2 in). The heads mostly have smooth scales, the haustellum is naked and the labial palps are curved upwards. The maxillary palps usually consist of one or two segments.
The wingspan of Yponomeuta plumbella ranges from 16 to 20 millimeters. [4] In the imago the fore wings are white punctuated with three rows of very small black spots (hence the family name of ermine moths) while the hindwings are greyish.
Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758) – white ermine; Spilosoma lutea (Hufnagel, 1766) – buff ermine; Spilosoma ningyuenfui Daniel, 1943; Spilosoma pelopea (Druce, 1897) Spilosoma punctaria (Stoll, [1782]) Spilosoma reticulata Rothschild, 1933; Spilosoma rostagnoi Oberthür, 1911; Spilosoma rubidus (Leech, 1890) Spilosoma semialbescens ...
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Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of ermine moths and relatives. There are about 1,800 species of Yponomeutoids worldwide, most of them known to come from temperate regions. [ 1 ] This superfamily is one of the earliest groups to evolve external feeding and to colonize herbs in addition to shrubs and trees.
Yponomeuta cagnagella, the spindle ermine, is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimetres. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimetres.
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