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Ermine Moths
Yponomeutidae
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, and some are minor pests in agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. Some of the adults are very attractive. Adult moths are minor pollinators.
42 branches of this family, most-observed first
Yponomeutinae
subfamilyYponomeutinae
Scythropia
genusScythropia
Saridoscelinae
subfamilySaridoscelinae
Acmosara
genusAcmosara
Paradoxus
genusParadoxus
Lycophantis
genusLycophantis
Chionogenes
genusChionogenes
Mychonoa
genusMychonoa
Metanomeuta
genusMetanomeuta
Lissochroa
genusLissochroa
Parexaula
genusParexaula
Anoista
genusAnoista
Abacistis
genusAbacistis
Acrataula
genusAcrataula
Exaulistis
genusExaulistis
Morotripta
genusMorotripta
Palaetheta
genusPalaetheta
Parazelota
genusParazelota
Steganosticha
genusSteganosticha
Zygographa
genusZygographa
Astaropola
genusAstaropola
Klausius
genusKlausius
Paraargyresthia
genusParaargyresthia
Banghaasia
genusBanghaasia
Mnemoses
genusMnemoses
Iridostoma
genusIridostoma
Sympetalistis
genusSympetalistis
Trisophista
genusTrisophista
Turneriella
genusTurneriella
Litaneutis
genusLitaneutis
Charicrita
genusCharicrita
Orsocoma
genusOrsocoma
Opsiclines
genusOpsiclines
Nymphonia
genusNymphonia
Spaniophylla
genusSpaniophylla
Pronomeuta
genusPronomeuta
Diaphragmistis
genusDiaphragmistis
Lampresthia
genusLampresthia
Eumonopyta
genusEumonopyta
Euarne
genusEuarne
Trochastica
genusTrochastica
Palleura
genusPalleura
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53553.