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Species Nemophora bellela - Hodges#0218

Representative Images

Elasmion bellela - Nemophora bellela - female Moth - Nemophora bellela - male
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Nemophora
Species bellela (Nemophora bellela - Hodges#0218)

Hodges Number

0218

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nemophora bellela (Walker, 1863)
Adela bellela Walker, 1863

Size

Forewing length 7.3-8.5 mm (1)

Identification

Adults - ochreous with the veins black, reflecting metalic blue on fresh moths; broad, transverse yellow band bordered by metalic blue at the end of the cell. Antenna are thickly scaled with male antenna 1.9 times the forewing length and females 1.4 times (1)

Range

From Quebec across Canada north of the plains to the mountains of British Columbia and Alaska (1)

Habitat

Boreal

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 January, 2010 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 September, 2017 - 1:52pm

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