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title: "Spindle Ermine Moth"
description: "Yponomeuta cagnagella — Owady i pająki. Yponomeuta cagnagella, the spindle ermine, is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spindle-ermine-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spindle Ermine Moth

> Yponomeuta cagnagella — Owady i pająki. Yponomeuta cagnagella, the spindle ermine, is a moth from the family Yponomeutidae, the ermine moths.

- Scientific name: *Yponomeuta cagnagella*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10351
- Wikidata: [Q668072](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668072)
- iNaturalist taxon: [319551](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319551)

## Names

- en: Spindle Ermine Moth
- de: Pfaffenhütchen-Gespinstmotte
- fr: Grand hyponomeute du fusain
- nl: Kardinaalsmutsstippelmot

## Countries with the most observations

DE (606), GB (340), FR (216), AT (180), CH (101), CA (98), US (87), NL (46), BE (45), RU (21), IT (20), LU (20)

## Summary

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. The head is white. Forewings are white; four longitudinal series of few black dots, first not reaching middle, second beginning near before middle, lowest including 4-7 dots; some additional black dots before termen; cilia white. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale greyish-yellowish; spots black; head black.
Flight time ranges from the end of June to October. The moth is attracted to light.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yponomeuta_cagnagella

## Photo

![Spindle Ermine Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spindle-ermine-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: tanyacarey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215677479

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spindle-ermine-moth?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).