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Family: Yponomeutidae   Checklist Number: 16.001

Yponomeuta evonymella   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bird-cherry Ermine

It has an erratic distribution in Scotland, first recorded on South Uist in 2013. The handful of subsequent records have all come from the same island and all been caught in July. Known as a wanderer, it can be found far from its food plant, which, unsurprisingly, is bird cherry.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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