Swammerdamia pyrella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Japan.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Yponomeutidae |
| Genus: | Swammerdamia |
| Species: | S. pyrella |
| Binomial name | |
| Swammerdamia pyrella (Villers, 1789) | |
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The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The head is white or whitish ochreous. Thorax is dark fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings are fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged, closely irrorated with dark fuscous, and irregularly sprinkled with whitish; a dark purplish fuscous entire fascia before middle; a whitish anteapical costal spot; cilia dark coppery - fuscous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellow; subdorsal line dark red-brown; 4-12 with pale brown anterior bands; head brown, sides blackish.[1]
The moth flies in two generations from late April to August.[1].
Notes
- ^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.
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