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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 » Southern Longhorn Moth - Hodges#0227 (Adela caeruleella)
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Moth with big antennae - Adela caeruleella
Copyright © 2007 Sean McCann

Moth with big antennae - Adela caeruleella
Payne's Prairie SP, Alachua County, Florida, USA
February 10, 2007
Size: 12mm excl. antennae

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Contributed by Sean McCann on 11 December, 2007 - 11:21pm
Last updated 13 December, 2007 - 1:39pm

Moved
Moved from Adela.
… Sean McCann, 13 December, 2007 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

Adela caeruleella....
... is the only species of Adela listed for Florida by John Heppner et al., in Arthropods of Florida, Vol. 17, Part 1 (2007 corrected printing).
… Bob Patterson, 13 December, 2007 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
...
Thanks!
… Sean McCann, 13 December, 2007 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

Compare
with this photo. Note the dark, thicker base of the antennae. Great photo of a difficult subject!
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 12 December, 2007 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

 
...
Thanks. i thought it would be an Adela.
… Sean McCann, 12 December, 2007 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

Or...
maybe a caddisfly?
… Chuck Entz, 12 December, 2007 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

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