Adela flammeusella

Adela flammeusella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Adelidae
Genus:	Adela
Species:	A. flammeusella
Binomial name
	Adela flammeusella; Chambers, 1876[1]
Synonyms
	Adela lactimaculella Walsingham, 1880;

Adela flammeusella is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1876. It is found in the United States from southern Washington south to the foothills and interior valleys of most of cismontane California.

The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm. Adults are dark coppery bronze, usually with three to five cream-colored spots in males. Both sexes have metallic purple hindwings.[2] Adults are on wing from late March to early June.

The larvae probably feed on various species of Orthocarpus[3] and/or Castilleja.

References

Adela at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Bug Guide
"A Synopsis of Nearctic Adelid Moths, with Descriptions of New Species (Incurvariidae)". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2012-05-21.

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[1] Adela at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Bug Guide

[3] "A Synopsis of Nearctic Adelid Moths, with Descriptions of New Species (Incurvariidae)". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2012-05-21.