The antennae are white with narrow sharp black annulations. The labial palpi are dark canary yellow and the short terminal joint light yellow. The face and head are whitish-yellow and the thorax is fawn brown. The forewings are fawn brown with a faint central streak running from the base to the middle of the cell. It is canary yellow and with apical part of costal edge touched with yellow. At the base, just above the yellow streak, start three narrow longitudinal lines of bluish-white scales, each of which has the central part black. At the end of the cell, the lower of these lines divides into several, following the apical veins. On the fold is a similar but not so well defined line of white black-spotted scales. The entire wing has strong violet reflections. The hindwings are rather dark purplish fuscous and the legs and underside of the body are golden white, sprinkled with black.[3]
ypsolopha, nella, moth, family, ypsolophidae, known, from, united, states, including, arizona, utah, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, ypsolophidae, genus, ypsoloph. Ypsolopha nella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae It is known from the United States including Arizona and Utah Ypsolopha nella Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Ypsolophidae Genus Ypsolopha Species Y nella Binomial name Ypsolopha nella Dyar 1903 1 Synonyms Abebaea nella Dyar 1903 The wingspan is about 21 mm 2 The antennae are white with narrow sharp black annulations The labial palpi are dark canary yellow and the short terminal joint light yellow The face and head are whitish yellow and the thorax is fawn brown The forewings are fawn brown with a faint central streak running from the base to the middle of the cell It is canary yellow and with apical part of costal edge touched with yellow At the base just above the yellow streak start three narrow longitudinal lines of bluish white scales each of which has the central part black At the end of the cell the lower of these lines divides into several following the apical veins On the fold is a similar but not so well defined line of white black spotted scales The entire wing has strong violet reflections The hindwings are rather dark purplish fuscous and the legs and underside of the body are golden white sprinkled with black 3 The larvae feed on Abies species References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ypsolopha nella nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Ypsolopha nella nearctica Archived January 14 2011 at the Wayback Machine mothphotographersgroup Notes on the Cerostoma Group of Yponomeutidae with Descriptions of New North American Species nbsp This article relating to the family Ypsolophidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ypsolopha nella amp oldid 1210166562, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
