Swammerdamia caesiella (Hübner, 1796)
(Birch Ermel)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSwammerdamia caesiella (Birch Ermel)
GenusSwammerdamia (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)
Records of Swammerdamia caesiella (Birch Ermel) :
1: Swammerdamia caesiella (Birch Ermel)
4 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
small wriggly larva, beaten from birch . Photos: Larva, cocoon
Image 1: Cocoon - one birch leaf peeled off - highly enlargedImage 2: Larva - between opened leaves - dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Larva - between opened leaves - lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Larva - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 5: Larva - lateral view - highly enlarged

Swammerdamia caesiella (Birch Ermel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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