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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 » Adela septentrionella - Hodges#0221 (Adela septentrionella)
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Gelechioidea 6-24-10 01b - Adela septentrionella - female
Copyright © 2010 Karl Volkman

Gelechioidea 6-24-10 01b - Adela septentrionella - Female
Donaldson Draw, Ferry County, Washington, USA
June 24, 2010
A small bright moth found in the brush in the afternoon

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Gelechioidea 6-24-10 01a - Adela septentrionella - female Gelechioidea 6-24-10 01b - Adela septentrionella - female
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 8 July, 2010 - 4:58am
Last updated 24 February, 2015 - 1:05pm

Female
This is one of the Adela species in which females have yellow-to-orange scales on the head and males have head entirely black (e.g. see Walsingham's comments here).
… Aaron Schusteff, 24 February, 2015 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Adela.
… Karl Volkman, 11 July, 2010 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

0221 - Adela septentrionella
(no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 11 July, 2010 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Karl Volkman, 8 July, 2010 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

Or maybe Adela in Incurvarioidea?
here
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2010 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

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