Ypsolopha is a genus of moths of the family Ypsolophidae. It is the type genus of the family and comprises over 120 described species (about 95% of the family's known world diversity).
Distribution Most Ypsolopha species have been recorded from the Holarctic temperate region.
Description Ypsolopha species are variable in shape and color and no exclusive superficial features have been established for the group. In contrast, the genitalia of both sexes are remarkably homogeneous.
Biology Adults are nocturnal or rarely diurnal. Their resting postures are various, but they often have the head down and the lower body up. Ypsolopha acuminata mimics a small broken branch at rest. The larvae usually live in open webs on the leaves of various, primarily woody, plants and mostly feed on a limited range of host plants. They are active primarily at night and have two defensive behaviors that involve wiggling and jumping.
Selected species
Ypsolopha acerella Ponomarenko, Sohn & Zinchenko, 2011 Ypsolopha acuminata (Butler, 1878) Ypsolopha albiramella (Mann, 1861) Ypsolopha albistriatus (Issiki, 1930) Ypsolopha aleutianella (Beutenmüller, 1889) Ypsolopha alpella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Ypsolopha amoenella (Christoph, 1882) Ypsolopha angelicella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha arizonella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha asperella (Linnaeus, 1761) Ypsolopha atrobrunnella Ponomarenko & Sohn, 2011Ponomarenko, M.G., Sohn, J.-C., Zinchenko, Y.N., & Wu, C.-S. "Five new East-Asian species of the genus Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera: Ypsolophidae)." Zootaxa 2760 (2011): 18-28. Ypsolopha aurata Moriuti, 1977 Ypsolopha barberella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha blandella (Christoph, 1882) Ypsolopha buscki Heppner, 1982 Ypsolopha cajaliella Vives, 2003 Ypsolopha canariella (Walsingham, 1881) Ypsolopha cervella (Walsingham, 1881) Ypsolopha chazariella (Mann, 1866) Ypsolopha cockerella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha colleaguella Baraniak, 2007 Ypsolopha contractella (Caradja, 1920) Ypsolopha coriacella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Ypsolopha costibasella (Caradja, 1939) Ypsolopha cristata Moriuti, 1977 Ypsolopha delicatella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha dentella (Fabricius, 1775) Ypsolopha dentiferella (Walsingham, 1881) Ypsolopha diana (Caradja, 1939) Ypsolopha distinctatus Moriuti, 1977 Ypsolopha divisella (Chrétien, 1915) Ypsolopha dorsimaculella (Kearfott, 1907) Ypsolopha electropa (Meyrick, 1914) Ypsolopha elongata (Braun, 1925) Ypsolopha ephedrella (Christoph, 1873) Ypsolopha excisella (Lederer, 1855) Ypsolopha exsularis (Meyrick, 1937) Ypsolopha falcella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Ypsolopha falciferella (Walsingham, 1881) Ypsolopha flavistrigella (Busck, 1906) Ypsolopha flava (Issiki, 1930) Ypsolopha fractella (Chrétien, 1915) Ypsolopha frustella (Walsingham, 1881) Ypsolopha fujimotoi Moriuti, 1964 Ypsolopha gerdanella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha helva J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, in Sohn et al., 2010 Ypsolopha heteraula (Meyrick, 1927) Ypsolopha horridella (Tritschke, 1835) Ypsolopha indecorella (Rebel, 1903) Ypsolopha instabilella (Mann, 1866) Ypsolopha japonica Moriuti, 1964 Ypsolopha kristalleniae Rebel, 1916 Ypsolopha leptaula (Meyrick, 1927) Ypsolopha leuconotella (Snellen, 1884) Ypsolopha lonicerella Stökl, 1922 Ypsolopha longa Moriuti, 1964 Ypsolopha lucella (Fabricius, 1775) Ypsolopha lutisplendida Sohn & Wu, 2011 Ypsolopha lyonothamnae (Powell, 1967) Ypsolopha maculatella (Busck, 1906) Ypsolopha manella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha manniella (Staudinger, 1880) Ypsolopha melanocnista (Meyrick, 1938) Ypsolopha melanofuscella Ponomarenko & Zinchenko, 2013 Ypsolopha mienshani (Caradja, 1939) Ypsolopha minotaurella (Rebel, 1916) Ypsolopha mucronella (Scopoli, 1763) Ypsolopha nebulella (Staudinger, 1871) Ypsolopha nella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha nemorella (Linnaeus, 1758) Ypsolopha nigrimaculata Byun et Park, 2001 Ypsolopha nigrofasciata Yang, 1977 Ypsolopha oliviella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha parallela (Caradja, 1939) Ypsolopha parenthesella (Linnaeus, 1761) Ypsolopha parodaula (Meyrick, 1938) Ypsolopha persicella (Fabricius, 1787) Ypsolopha pseudoparallela J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, in Sohn et al., 2010 Ypsolopha querciella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha rubrella (Dyar, 1902) Ypsolopha rhytidota (Meyrick, 1938) Ypsolopha saitoi Moriuti, 1964 Ypsolopha sarmaticella (Rebel, 1917) Ypsolopha sasayamanus (Matsumura, 1931) Ypsolopha satellitella (Staudinger, 1871) Ypsolopha scabrella (Linnaeus, 1761) Ypsolopha schwarziella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha sculpturella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Ypsolopha semitessella (Mann, 1861) Ypsolopha senex (Walsingham, 1889) Ypsolopha seniculella (Christoph, 1872) Ypsolopha sequella (Clerck, 1759) Ypsolopha sordida J.C. Sohn & C.S. Wu, in Sohn et al., 2010 Ypsolopha straminella Ponomarenko & Zinchenko, 2013 Ypsolopha striatella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha strigosus (Butler, 1879) Ypsolopha sublucella (Walsingham, 1881) Ypsolopha sylvella (Linnaeus, 1767) Ypsolopha tesselatidorsata Ponomarenko & Zinchenko, 2011 Ypsolopha trichonella (Mann, 1861) Ypsolopha tsugae Moriuti, 1977 Ypsolopha undulatella (Busck, 1906) Ypsolopha unicipunctella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha uniformis (Filipjev, 1929) Ypsolopha ustella (Clerck, 1759) Ypsolopha vintrella (Busck, 1906) Ypsolopha vittella (Linnaeus, 1758) Ypsolopha walsinghamiella (Busck, 1903) Ypsolopha yangi Ponomerenko & Sohn, 2011 Ypsolopha yasudai Moriuti, 1964
Former species Ypsolopha scenites (Meyrick, 1909)
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