Ypsolopha ustella (Clerck, 1759)
(Variable Smudge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)
Genus	Ypsolopha (a genus of smudge moths)
Subfamily	YPSOLOPHINAE (a subfamily of smudge moths)
Family	YPSOLOPHIDAE (stem and some smudge micro-moths)
Superfamily	YPONOMEUTOIDEA (small ermine, bent-wing, ermel and smudge micro-moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ypsolopha ustella is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Yponomeutoidea)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge) :
1: Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)
8 Sep 2018	OSGR: SU30	50° 50’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: South Hants (VC 11)	England
at MV light

2: Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)
27 Nov 2004	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
Prettily marked form, at lighted window in evening

Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

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