Fairy moth on Cream Cups - Adela thorpella

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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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Copyright © 2015 Aaron Schusteff

Fairy moth on Cream Cups - Adela thorpella -

Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve, Marin County, California, USA

This is Adela thorpella...nearly everything relating to identification in this post from San Mateo Co. applies here as well, including the habitat...which was also serpentine grassland.

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 28 March, 2015 - 12:05am
Last updated 26 April, 2015 - 9:03pm

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