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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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Adela caeruleella - female
Copyright © 2010 Tony DeSantis

Adela caeruleella - Female
Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
May 13, 2010
It appears to be similar to Dichomeris nonstrigella, but it's missing the large, orange labial palps. Gender difference or am I wrong all together?

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Contributed by Tony DeSantis on 17 May, 2010 - 7:24pm
Last updated 14 April, 2018 - 9:36pm

Moved
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… Tony DeSantis, 18 May, 2010 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

0227 - Adela caeruleella (fem.)
Identified by Terry Harrison, to whom I sent the photograph. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 18 May, 2010 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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