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Adela
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Adela

Adela is a genus of the fairy longhorn moth family (Adelidae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Adelinae.

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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

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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.