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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 purpurea - Hodges#0229 (Adela purpurea)

Species Adela purpurea - Hodges#0229

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Incurvarioidea 229 Adela purpurea - Adela purpurea Adela purpurea Adela purpurea Adela purpurea Adela purpurea Purple Fairy Moth - Adela purpurea Purple Fairy Moth - Adela purpurea Purple Fairy Moth? - Adela purpurea
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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 purpurea (Adela purpurea - Hodges#0229)
Hodges Number
0229
Other Common Names
Purple Fairy Moth, Willow Fairy Moth
Food
Probably Salix catkins and leaf litter in later stages (Mass Moths)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - live & pinned images
Mass Moths
iNaturalist
Contributed by Jason J. Dombroskie on 11 February, 2013 - 7:36pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 1 January, 2024 - 6:30am

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