Forewing Length: 7-9mm;
Wingspan: 16-20mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	May - June	July	June - September (Earliest: 19.7)

Biotopes:	Wet Forest	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Betulaceae	Quercus robur
Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Meteorus ictericus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Ypsolopha parenthesella
Ypsolopha parenthesella
Lepiforum: Ypsolopha parenthesella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Ypsolopha parenthesella

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