Adela croesella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Adela |
| Species: | A. croesella
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| Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763)
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Adela croesella is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The head is ferruginous mixed with black. The antennae in male 2.5 [the length of the forewing], black, the tip white; in female hardly 1.5, thickened with violet-black scales to above middle, remainder white. The forewings are shining dark violet fuscous, more or less streaked suffusely between veins with golden-ochreous with a straight deep yellow fascia close beyond middle, narrower costally, edged first with dark fuscous and then with narrow violet fasciae. The hindwings are dark purplish fuscous.[1][2][3] [4]
Adults are on wing from late May to June. They are on wing during the day in sunshine and visit flowers. [14.7 x 21.2 cm] At first, the larvae probably feed on flowers of Hippophae rhamnoides or Ligustrum vulgare. Older larvae built a portable case from leaf fragments and particles of soil and feed on fallen leaves.
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References
[edit]- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
- ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Sterling, P. and Parsons, M. 2012 Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 ISBN 10: 0956490212 / ISBN 13: 9780956490216 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides)
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