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Species Adela caeruleella - Southern Longhorn Moth - Hodges#0227

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)
Family Adelidae (Fairy Moths)
Subfamily Adelinae
Genus Adela
Species caeruleella (Southern Longhorn Moth - Hodges#0227)
Hodges Number
0227
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Adela caeruleella Walker, 1863; Synonyms below from Funet):
Adela bella Chambers, 1873    [Original description here]
Adela chalybeis Zeller 1873
Adela iochroa Zeller 1877
Adela aeruginosella Walsingham, 1890
Explanation of Names
From Latin: caerule = blue + -ella = small (1).
Range
Eastern North America from Quebec to Florida, west to Texas.
Season
Flight period: March in Florida, April & May northward, August in Quebec.
Remarks
In females, the antennae are thickened in the basal half by dense purplish scaling and filamentous white on the distal half.
Print References
Borror(1): entries for caerule, -ell
Holland(2): p. 437, plate 48--fig. 45, Adela bella Chambers
Powell(3): see entries for bella and aeruginosella on pg. 218
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group species page
Microleps.org Adelidae page: photos of male, and some similar species.
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.The Moth Book
W.J. Holland. 1968. Dover.
3.A Synopsis of Nearctic Adelid Moths, with Descriptions of New Species (Incurvariidae)
Jerry A. Powell. 1969. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23(4): 211-240.
Contributed by Sean McCann on 13 December, 2007 - 1:39pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 31 December, 2015 - 9:36pm

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