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Swammerdamia pyrella

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Swammerdamia pyrella
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Swammerdamia pyrella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Japan.

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Gnawed hawthorn leaf
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Larva

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The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The head is white or whitish ochreous. Thorax is dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, closely irrorated with dark fuscous, and irregularly sprinkled with whitish; a dark purplish fuscous entire fascia before middle; a whitish anteapical costal spot; cilia dark coppery - fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellow; subdorsal line dark red-brown; 4-12 with pale brown anterior bands; head brown, sides blackish.[1]

The moth flies in two generations from late April to August..

The larvae feed on Crataegus, apple, pear and cherry.

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Notes

  1. ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

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