diurnal moths from monterey california - Adela

Let's at least

move them to genus page!

… Tony-2, 27 January, 2006 - 12:01pm

Adela purpurea?

The image of that species linked to in the Internet References section of the Guide shows a full white band and two partial bands, as in your photo, but I don't know the distribution of A. purpurea

… Robin McLeod, 18 December, 2005 - 1:14pm

According to Covell,

the range of A. purpurea is Nova Scotia to New Jersey and west to Manitoba - too far north, I think, to match these. Covell's picture does not have so much white as these, either. I think they must be a different species.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 18 December, 2005 - 3:40pm

Adela sp?

See comparison shots here.

… Lynette Schimming, 18 December, 2005 - 12:29pm

Looks like Adela septentrionella

A neat photo, just to add to Lynette's references for Adela septentrionella, here is aother photo of Adela septentrionella, from Moths of Southern Vancouver Island, and a photo of this species in BugGuide:

Looks like that's what we've got here, a neat species, I love the antennae. (Hmm. I do see a reference to a similar species Adela trigrapha, also from California.)

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

… Cotinis, 18 December, 2005 - 10:15pm

fairy moth

Another shot labeled Adela trigrapha here but apparently there's at least 8 species of Adela in California and I could only find pics of 2 of them.
There's also a California record of Cauchas discalis reported in the Lep. Soc. summary but couldn't find photos of that either.

… Robin McLeod, 19 December, 2005 - 12:51am

Maybe Adela sp.,

sorry about the multiple posts...there's a bug in the system kicking me back to my profile, so I thought they weren't posting.

… Lynette Schimming, 18 December, 2005 - 12:28pm