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Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763)

Имаго (Adela croesella)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Adeloidea → family Adelidae → subfamily Adelinae → genus Adela → species Adela croesella

Species name(s)

Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763).

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:2688

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#3. Karelsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky.

Forewing length

6—7 mm.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Имаго (Adela croesella)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part, Finland, France , Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Ireland, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg ?Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway (mainland), the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, Central European, European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Karelia, Mid-Amur, Mid-Volzhsky, South Ural. [3].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The front wings are 6-7 mm, golden color with brownish veins, intersected in the center of a wide yellow purple frame transverse bands. The antennae of males is 2.5 times longer than the wings of females - half as long and half thickened root purple scales. [86].

General info about Imago

  • Butterflies are found locally in late May and in June, forest glades and fringes, garden plots. [86].

Imago lifespan

  • May June [86].

General info about Larva

  • Caterpillars of this moth, first discovered eat flowers privet and buckthorn, later build their own portable house and feed on leaf litter in the litter. [86].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Hippóphaë, Ligústrum. [86].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Sergey Novitckiy.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Shamil Murtazin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

References

Comments

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29.01.2014 13:45, Sergei Kotov Corrected data.

Forewing length: No formalized data → 6—7 mm. Flight time: No formalized data → May, June.

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