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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 punctiferella - Hodges#0219 (Adela punctiferella)
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Moths with long antennae - Adela punctiferella
Copyright © 2011 Brian Angelo Scavone

Moths with long antennae - Adela punctiferella
Camp Creek, Tonto National Forest [East of town of Carefree], ~2,500 ft., Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 5, 2011
Size: ~ 1 cm
Any thoughts on an ID for these moths? Habitat was sandy-open, Sonoran Desert wash with riparian shrubs and upland desert vegetation.
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Contributed by Brian Angelo Scavone on 3 May, 2011 - 1:48pm
Last updated 7 March, 2015 - 10:05pm

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Nice images. Looked like A. punctiferella to me...a species known to range into the Mojave Desert of CA, but not recorded in the as occurring in AZ.

I consulted Jerry Powell and he said he thinks this is A. punctiferella. So it seems it's a range extension.
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