The spindle ermine - Le Grand hyponomeute du fusain - Yponomeuta cagnagella

MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY of the Spindle ermine

Yponomeuta cagnagella, the spindle ermine, is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths. The wingspan of the moth ranges from 19 to 26 millimetres.
Flight time ranges from the end of June to October. The moth is attracted to light.

The foodplant, as the vernacular name suggests, is spindle (Euonymus europaeus), the larvae feeding gregariously in a silken web. Occasionally entire bushes or sections of hedgerows are taken over by the larvae and their web, causing defoliation.