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Moth - Long-antenna Metallic - on common fleabane - anterior dorsal - Adela caeruleella - female
Copyright © 2009 David A. Copeland

Moth - Long-antenna Metallic - on common fleabane - anterior dorsal - Adela caeruleella - Female
North Shelby, Birmingham 35244, Shelby County, Alabama, USA
April 23, 2009
Size: ~6mm

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Moth - Long-antenna Metallic - on common fleabane - Dorsal - Adela caeruleella - female Moth - Long-antenna Metallic - on common fleabane - anterior dorsal - Adela caeruleella - female
Contributed by David A. Copeland on 27 April, 2009 - 9:49am
Last updated 21 May, 2009 - 1:31pm

Moved
Moved from Metallic Coleophora Moth.
… David A. Copeland, 20 May, 2009 - 4:39pm

Adela caeruleella
This is a female individual of Adelidae: Adela caeruleella. See comment here.
… Terry Harrison, 20 May, 2009 - 9:36am

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