''Adela'' is a

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of the fairy longhorn moth

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Adelidae The Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths are a family of monotrysian moths in the lepidopteran infraorder Heteroneura. The family was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1851. Most species have at least partially metallic pa ...

). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Adelinae.

Species

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Adela albicinctella ''Adela albicinctella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia and Poland. It is a montane species feeding first on the flowers of ''Salix glaucosericea ''Salix glaucos ...

'' Mann, 1852 * ''

Adela australis ''Adela australis'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. Description The wingspan of ''Adela australis'' can reach about . These moths have the upper wings crossed by a white belt and a metallic patterns coloration rangi ...

'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) * ''

Adela caeruleella ''Adela caeruleella'', the southern longhorn moth, is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky ...

'' Walker, 1863 – (southern longhorn moth) * ''

Adela collicolella ''Adela collicolella'' is a moth of the family (biology), family Adelidae. It is found in Spain and Portugal, as well as North Africa, including Morocco. The wingspan is 11–12.5 mm for males and 13–14.5 mm for females. The forewin ...

'' (Walsingham, 1904) * ''

Adela croesella ''Adela croesella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Head ferruginous mixed with black. Antennae in male 2.5 black, tip white ; in female hardly 1.5, thickened with violet-blac ...

'' (Scopoli, 1763) * '' Adela cuneella'' Walsingham, 1891 * '' Adela cuprella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * ''

Adela droseropa ''Adela droseropa'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from South Africa. References Endemic moths of South Africa Adelidae Moths of Africa Moths described in 1921 {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1921 * ''

Adela eldorada ''Adela eldorada'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Powell in 1969. It is found from Washington to California. References Adelidae Moths described in 1969 Endemic fauna of the United S ...

'' Powell, 1969 * ''

Adela electella ''Adela electella'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from South Africa. References Endemic moths of South Africa Adelidae Moths of Africa Moths described in 1863 {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Walker, 1863) * ''

Adela flammeusella ''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 ...

'' Chambers, 1876 * ''

Adela gymnota ''Adela gymnota'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from Madagascar. References Adelidae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1912 {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Meyrick, 1912) * ''

Adela homalella ''Adela homalella'' is a moth of the family (biology), family Adelidae. It is found in Spain, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. References

Moths described in 1859 Adelidae M ...

'' (Staudinger, 1859) * ''

Adela janineae ''Adela janineae'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from Madagascar. References Adelidae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa Moths described in 1954 {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Viette, 1954) * ''

Adela mazzolella ''Adela mazzolella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Russia and Turkey. The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The larvae feed o ...

'' (Hübner, 1801) * ''

Adela natalensis ''Adela natalensis'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastlin ...

'' Stainton, 1860 * ''

Adela oplerella ''Adela oplerella'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae, the fairy longhorn moths. It is known commonly as Opler's longhorn moth. It is endemic to California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located a ...

'' Powell, 1969 (Opler's longhorn moth) * ''

Adela paludicolella ''Adela paludicolella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Italy, Greece and on Corsica, Sardinia, Crete and Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island cou ...

'' (Zeller, 1850) * ''

Adela pantherellus ''Adela pantherellus'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(Engl ...

'' (Guenée, 1848) * ''

Adela punctiferella ''Adela punctiferella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Walsingham in 1870. It is found in the semi-arid parts of California and southern Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the We ...

'' Walsingham, 1870 * ''

Adela purpurea ''Adela purpurea'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is widespread in boreal North America, from the Yukon through the southern provinces of Canada to Quebec and further south ...

'' Walker, 1863 * '' Adela reaumurella'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (green longhorn) * ''

Adela repetitella ''Adela repetitella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Greece and Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries ...

'' Mann, 1861 * ''

Adela ridingsella ''Adela ridingsella'', Ridings' fairy moth, is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1864. It is widespread in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and Mai ...

'' Clemens, 1864 – (Ridings' fairy moth) * ''

Adela septentrionella ''Adela septentrionella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, Walsingham in 1880. It is widespread from southern British Columbia and north-western Idaho to the ...

'' Walsingham, 1880 * '' Adela singulella'' Walsingham, 1880 * ''

Adela thorpella ''Adela thorpella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Powell in 1969. It is found in California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast o ...

'' Powell, 1969 * '' Adela trigrapha'' Zeller, 1876 * ''

Adela tsaratanana ''Adela tsaratanana'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from Madagascar. References Adelidae Moths described in 1954 Moths of Madagascar Taxa named by Pierre Viette {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Viette, 1954) * ''

Adela violella ''Adela violella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region The terms Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Ba ...

'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

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