Yponomeuta sedella Treitschke, 1832

grey ermine

Hylotelephium telephium, België, prov. Limburg, Altenbroek, 27.viii.2026 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: free living larvae

Hylotelephium cf telephium, Italy, Aosta © Ben van As, vii.2013: free living larvae

Hylotelephium telephium, Wellerlooi, 1.viii.2011

mines

same mines, lighted from behind

mine

Numerous, short, narrow galleries,, mainly in the basal half of the leaf. Frass in a central interrupted line. The older larvae live free under a communal web.

host plants

Crassulaceae, oligophagous

Rhodiola rosea; Hylotelephium telephium.

Wörz (1957a) additionally mentions Sedum album, but because of the strongly different leaf structure this is hardly probable.

phenology

Larvae in June – July and September – October (Agassiz, 1996a), but only the young larvae of the first generation do mine (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

Europe, except Ireland and parts of the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

pupa

See Patočka (1997a, 1999b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

synonyms

Yponomeuta vigintipunctata (Retzius, 1783).

references

Agassiz (1996a), Baldizzone (2004a), Beiger (1955a, 1970a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1937a), Corley, Merckx, Cardoso ao (2012a), Embacher & Kurz (2008b), Hering (1957a), Huemer (2012a), Jurc (2016a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Leutsch (2011a), Maček (1999a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka (1997a, 1999b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1951b), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Šumpich (1998a), Szőcs (1977a), Wegner (2010a), Wörz (1957a).