Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order LEPIDOPTERA
Family YPONOMEUTIDAE
(Ermine Moths)
(Table of Species)
Yponomeuta padella is a small Ermine Moth with white wings dotted with black. Its larvae feed in a communal web on cherry. The pine needle sheath miner, Zelleria haimbachi, are leafminers in various pines. 32 NA species in this family.
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Last updated May, 2000
