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Adela croesella

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Adela croesella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Adela
Species:
A. croesella
Binomial name
Adela croesella
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena croesella Scopoli, 1763
  • Adela religatella Zeller, 1850

Adela croesella is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in most of Europe.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Head ferruginous mixed with black. Antennae in male 2.5 black, tip white ; in female hardly 1.5, thickened with violet-black scales to above middle, remainder white. Forewings shining dark violet fuscous, more or less streaked suflusedly between veins with golden - ochreous ; a straight deep yellow fascia close beyond middle, narrower costally, edged first with dark fuscous and then with narrow violet fasciae. Hindwings dark purplish fuscous.[1]

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.

References

  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
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