Adela (moth)

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Adela
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Adela cuprella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Subfamily: Adelinae
Genus: Adela
Latreille, 1796
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms
  • CapillariaHaworth, 1828
  • MetallitisSodoffsky, 1837
  • AedilisGistl, 1848
  • DicteChambers, 1873

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

Species


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