| 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 , 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.
Adults are on wing from late May to June. They are on wing during the day in sunshine and visit flowers. 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
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
- Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland 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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