Harpella forficella (Scopoli, 1763)
(Yellow-striped Bark Moth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHarpella forficella (Yellow-striped Bark Moth)
TribeOecophorini (tubic moths)
SubfamilyOECOPHORINAE (streak and tubic moths)
FamilyOECOPHORIDAE (streak and tubic moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most 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

New To Britain

Percival, N.J. & Harvey, M.C. 2011 Harpella forficella (Scopoli) (Lep: Oecophoridae) new to the UK Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 220, Front cover, Plate 15.

Harpella forficella (Yellow-striped Bark Moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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