Ypsolopha ustella (Clerck, 1759)
(Variable Smudge)

Interactions where Ypsolopha ustella is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Entomophaga nigrohalterata a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Entomophaga nigrohalterata/Entomophaga nigrohalterataa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Ypsolophidae/Ypsolopha ustella/Ypsolopha ustellavariable smudgelarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesYpsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)
GenusYpsolopha (a genus of small ermine moths)
SubfamilyYPSOLOPHINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyYPSOLOPHIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyYPONOMEUTOIDEA (a superfamily of micro-moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge)

Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ypsolopha ustella (Variable Smudge):

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