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Swammerdamia pyrella
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)
Synonyms
	Phalaena pyrella Villers, 1789;

Swammerdamia pyrella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, North America and Japan.

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].

The larvae feed on Crataegus, apple, pear and cherry.

Notes

^ The flight season refers to Belgium and the Netherlands. This may vary in other parts of the range.

References

^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description