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Yponomeutidae

36a0123 – 2420 Yponomeuta multipunctella (Clemens, 1860)

American Ermine Moth

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Synonymy:	multipunctella (Clemens, 1860) (Hyponomeuta) - MONA 1983: 2420 euonymella (Chambers, 1872) (Hyponomeuta) leucothorax (Meyrick, 1913) (Hyponomeuta) orbimaculella (Chambers, 1873) (Hyponomeuta) ordinatellus (Walker, 1863) (Hyponomeuta) semialba (Meyrick, 1913) (Hyponomeuta) wakarusa (Gaumer, 1878) (Hyponomeuta)
Taxonomic Notes:	Yponomeuta multipunctella (Clemens, 1860) includes as synonyms 2417 Yponomeuta euonymella (Chambers, 1872), 2418 Yponomeuta leucothorax (Meyrick, 1913), 2423 Yponomeuta semialba (Meyrick, 1913), World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 12.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 8.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Lewis, J.A. & J.-C. Sohn, 2015. Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea I (Argyresthiidae, Attevidae, Praydidae, Scythropiidae, and Yponomeutidae). World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 12. p. 1-253.
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at Microleps.org
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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