''Adela croesella'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

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, ...

. It is found in most of

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

. The

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is 11–14 mm. The head is ferruginous mixed with black. The antennae in male 2.5 he 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. Sterling, P. and Parsons, M. 2012 ''Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland'' Dorset British Wildlife Publishing, 2012 - 2nd edition (Bloomsbury Wildlife Guides) Adults are on wing from late May to June. They are on wing during the day in sunshine and visit flowers. 4.7 x 21.2 cmAt first, the larvae probably feed on flowers of ''

Hippophae rhamnoides ''Hippophae rhamnoides'', also known as sea buckthorn, sandthorn, sallowthorn or seaberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, native to cold-temperate regions of Eurasia. It is a spiny deciduous shrub. The plant is used ...

'' or ''

Ligustrum vulgare ''Ligustrum vulgare'' (wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet) is a species of ''Ligustrum'' native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from Ireland and southwestern Sweden south to M ...

''. Older larvae built a portable case from leaf fragments and particles of soil and feed on fallen leaves.

Gallery

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Bestimmungshilfe für die in Europa nachgewiesenen Schmetterlingsarten

UKmoths

Fauna Europaea
Adelidae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1763 Moths of Asia Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli {{Adelidae-stub