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Adela
Adela is a genus of the fairy longhorn moth family (Adelidae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Adelinae.
45 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Green Longhorn Moth
speciesAdela reaumurella

Adela australis
speciesAdela australis

Ocean Spray Fairy Moth
speciesAdela septentrionella
trigrapha/eldorada clade
complexAdela trigrapha

Small Barred Longhorn
speciesAdela croesella

Adela violella
speciesAdela violella

Southern Longhorn Moth
speciesAdela caeruleella

Adela flammeusella
speciesAdela flammeusella

Ridings' Fairy Moth
speciesAdela ridingsella

Early Longhorn
speciesAdela cuprella

Adela orientella
speciesAdela orientella

Adela singulella
speciesAdela singulella

Purple Fairy Moth
speciesAdela purpurea

Adela collicolella
speciesAdela collicolella

Adela thorpella
speciesAdela thorpella

Adela punctiferella
speciesAdela punctiferella

Adela astrella
speciesAdela astrella

Adela praepilosa
speciesAdela praepilosa

Adela paludicolella
speciesAdela paludicolella

Adela mazzolella
speciesAdela mazzolella

Opler's Longhorn Moth
speciesAdela oplerella

Adela albicinctella
speciesAdela albicinctella

Adela austrina
speciesAdela austrina

Adela nobilis
speciesAdela nobilis

Adela luteocilis
speciesAdela luteocilis

Adela stenoptera
speciesAdela stenoptera

Adela repetitella
speciesAdela repetitella
Adela aethiops
speciesAdela aethiops
Adela culminicola
speciesAdela culminicola
Hippie Longhorn
speciesAdela cuneella
Adela droseropa
speciesAdela droseropa
Adela electella
speciesAdela electella
Adela siccana
speciesAdela siccana
Adela luminaris
speciesAdela luminaris
Adela pantherella
speciesAdela pantherella
Adela homalella
speciesAdela homalella
Adela stenonipha
speciesAdela stenonipha
Adela suffusa
speciesAdela suffusa
Adela tsaratanana
speciesAdela tsaratanana
Adela gymnota
speciesAdela gymnota
Adela xanthoceros
speciesAdela xanthoceros
Adela viridella
speciesAdela viridella
Adela atrata
speciesAdela atrata
Adela powelli
speciesAdela powelli
Adela striata
speciesAdela striata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Adela in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56205.