B&F: 0425

ABH: 16.002

Status:  Resident

Distribution/Abundance:  Common

Primary Habitat:  Gardens, Woodland, Hedgerows

Wingspan:  16-22mm

Flight Period:  July - August

Observations: Larvae feed gregariously in a silk web on Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Cherry. Adults are almost impossible to differentiate from congeners, and genitalia dissections are also not diagnostic. Best recorded in the larval stage.

Confusion Species:  Other Yponomeuta species

L.O.N.:  Generally distributed

First Record:  1904, Wallis