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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 trigrapha - Hodges#0225 (Adela trigrapha)
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Small lep with large antennae - Adela trigrapha - male
Copyright © 2009 Noah Elhardt

Small lep with large antennae - Adela trigrapha - Male
Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California, USA
April 12, 2009
Size: 5-10 mm
The size is an estimate, but the flower is an Eschscholzia californica for scale. I saw several of these along a sunny trail. If further images from different angles would be helpful for a positive ID, lmk and I'll upload them.
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Contributed by Noah Elhardt on 13 April, 2009 - 2:56pm
Last updated 16 February, 2015 - 12:00pm

Moved
Moved from Adela.
… john and jane balaban, 5 May, 2009 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Adela trigrapha
I would diagnose this as A. trigrapha. See comment here ("Adela ID").
… Terry Harrison, 5 May, 2009 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

wonder if it might be
in Adelidae here
… john and jane balaban, 13 April, 2009 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Thanks! The genus Adela looks promising.
… Noah Elhardt, 13 April, 2009 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
perhaps...
Adela trigrapha?
… Noah Elhardt, 13 April, 2009 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

just beautyful
sorry i can't help you IDing the moth -- know squat about them :-/
… v belov, 13 April, 2009 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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