''Yponomeuta rorrella'' (willow ermine moth) is a

lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

n from the family

Yponomeutidae : ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."'' An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has s ...

, the ermine moths, probably a migrant, but abundantly found in Britain, mostly concentrated in

Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...

External links

* http://www.montgomeryshiremoths.org.uk * http://www.suffolkmothgroup.org.uk Moths described in 1796 Yponomeutidae Moths of Europe {{Yponomeutidae-stub