Biology:Adela caeruleella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Southern longhorn moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Adela |
| Species: | A. caeruleella
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| Binomial name | |
| Adela caeruleella Walker, 1863[1]
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Adela caeruleella, the southern longhorn moth, is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee , Texas , Virginia and West Virginia.[2]
Adults have been recorded on wing in March in Florida, from April to May northward and in August in Quebec.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Adela caeruleella Walker, 1863". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/incurvariina/incurvarioidea/adelidae/adelinae/adela/#caeruleella. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
- ↑ "A Synopsis of Nearctic Adelid Moths, with Descriptions of New Species (Incurvariidae), listed as Adela bella". http://peabody.research.yale.edu//jls/htms/1960s/1969-23%284%29211-Powell.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q4681616 entry
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