| Adela croesella | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Adela |
| Species: | A. croesella |
| Binomial name | |
| Adela croesella (Scopoli, 1763) | |
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Adela croesella is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in most of Europe.
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The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The head is ferruginous mixed with black. The antennae in male 2.5 [the length of the forewing], black, the tip white; in female hardly 1.5, thickened with violet-black scales to above middle, remainder white. The forewings are shining dark violet fuscous, more or less streaked suffusely between veins with golden-ochreous with a straight deep yellow fascia close beyond middle, narrower costally, edged first with dark fuscous and then with narrow violet fasciae. The hindwings are dark purplish fuscous. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Adults are on wing from late May to June. They are on wing during the day in sunshine and visit flowers. [14.7 x 21.2 cm] At first, the larvae probably feed on flowers of Hippophae rhamnoides or Ligustrum vulgare . Older larvae built a portable case from leaf fragments and particles of soil and feed on fallen leaves.
