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Yponomeuta padella
Orchard Ermine (Linnaeus, 1758)
Yponomeutidae: Yponomeutinae
425 / 16.002
Photo © Dave Shenton,  - reared ex larva on Hawthorn

Similar Yorkshire Species
Bird-cherry Ermine
Yponomeuta evonymella
Spindle Ermine
Yponomeuta cagnagella
Wingspan: 19-22mm
Flight: July - Aug
Foodplant:   Blackthorn, Hawthorn, plum & cherry
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2

Yorkshire Status: Fairly common and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely recorded and often common in vice-counties 61 to 64, unrecorded in VC65.

Verification Grade Comment: Occupied larval web or bred only

Recorded in 105 (53%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1883.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
19/09/2023162SE98 - Wykeham
07/09/2023161SE64 - Wheldrake
04/09/2023161SE64 - Wheldrake
30/08/2023163SE51 - Askern
29/08/2023162SE98 - Wykeham
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