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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Fairy Moths (Adelidae) » Adelinae » Adela » Adela thorpella - Hodges#0223 (Adela thorpella)
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Unknown Shiny Gold Moth (crop) - Adela thorpella
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Unknown Shiny Gold Moth (crop) - Adela thorpella
Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California, USA
May 8, 2007
Cropped version of photo so more detail of the moth is visible.

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Unknown Shiny Gold Moth - Adela thorpella Unknown Shiny Gold Moth (crop) - Adela thorpella
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Contributed by Marianne on 29 April, 2008 - 10:29pm
Last updated 10 April, 2010 - 9:05am

Moved
Moved from Fairy Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 10 April, 2010 - 9:05am login or register to post comments

ID
Adela thorpella.
… Chris Grinter, 10 April, 2010 - 3:09am login or register to post comments

 
Chris, did you see the new images
posted at 388754?
… john and jane balaban, 25 April, 2010 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry-
where is 388754?
… Chris Grinter, 25 April, 2010 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh! Sorry, right back
you can just type 388754 in the search box and it will take you right there -- or you can just click here!
… john and jane balaban, 25 April, 2010 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 22 December, 2009 - 4:09am login or register to post comments

ID
Try Incurvariidae.
… Andy Calderwood, 30 April, 2008 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Much nicer picture, Marianne...
But those whiskers remind me more of Brutus!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 May, 2008 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

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