Yponomeuta Latreille, [1796]
(a genus of small ermine moths)

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Yponomeuta cagnagella
Spindle Ermine
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 		Species 25 images
Yponomeuta evonymella
Bird-cherry Ermine
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 		Species 23 images
Yponomeuta sedella
Sedum Ermine, Grey Ermine
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 		Species 12 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusYponomeuta (a genus of small ermine moths)
SubfamilyYPONOMEUTINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyYPONOMEUTIDAE (small ermine moths)
SuperfamilyYPONOMEUTOIDEA (small ermine, bent-wing, ermel and smudge micro-moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Sterling, P. 2011 Which one wove that web? Dorset Wildlife.

Yponomeuta (a genus of small ermine moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Yponomeuta (a genus of small ermine moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Yponomeuta (a genus of small ermine moths)
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