Yponomeuta padella

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Orchard ermine
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Yponomeuta
Species:	Y. padella
Binomial name
Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Phalaena padella Linnaeus, 1758 Yponomeuta diffluellus Heinemann, 1870 ("Hyponomeuta") Yponomeuta rhamnellus Gershenson, 1974

Yponomeuta padella (orchard ermine) is a lepidopteran from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. It is also known as the cherry ermine

The wingspan ranges from 19 to 22 millimetres (3⁄4 to 7⁄8 in). The head is white. Forewings are light grey, sometimes more or less suffused with white, especially towards dorsum; four longitudinal series of few black dots, first not reaching middle, second beginning beyond extremity of first, lowest including 4-6 dots; some additional black dots before termen; cilia light grey. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is greenish-grey; spots black; head black.^[2]