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Adela septentrionella - Hodges#0221 (Adela septentrionella)
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Copyright © 2016
john and jane balaban
Nearby was another Fairy Moth -
Adela septentrionella
Swiftwater, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
May 28, 2016
on a shrub right along the Umpqua River
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Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 8 July, 2016 - 11:03pm
Last updated 21 May, 2018 - 11:21pm
Moved
Moved from
Adela
.
Looks like
Adela septentrionella
, and indeed that's what it keys to in Powell(1969). This is a male, as can be discerned from the very long antennae (> 3 times body length), and the long tuft of bushy black scales on the head (females of this species typically have orange scales on the head).
It's on rosaceus flowers in the photos, which at first I supposed would likely be the host plant, Ocean-spray (
Holodiscus discolor
...Oregon images
here
). But that species has flowers with
pale anthers
and
paniculate inflorescence
...whereas the anthers are
dark
in your photos, and the inflorescence is a
dome-like umbel
, so I think it's ninebark
(
Physocarpus capitatus
, Oregon images
here
). According to the
Oregon Flora Atlas
, both species grow in much of western Oregon.
Although this is an adult nectaring, I wonder if the larvae are just as content with
Physocarpus
as they are with
Holodiscus
?
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Aaron Schusteff
, 21 May, 2018 - 11:21pm
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Kyhl Austin
, 24 July, 2016 - 1:22am
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