Adelidae : Adelinae
Adela reaumurella
ADELA reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Adela reaumurella
ADELA reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description
Vernacular Name: Green Longhorn
Wingspan: 14mm-18mm.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Finland,Greece,Madeira, Malta,Portugal, Sardinia & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common in England : Wales : Southern Scotland and locally in Ireland in open areas such as Heathland,Marshland, Meadows, Coastal areas where the larval food plant is available ,usually found in numbers flying in warm sunshine.
In Hampshire I found them at Keyhaven along a coastal path and Martin Down where in both cases they were flying above the tops of a Hawthorn (Crataegus).
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Heathland : Marshes : Fens : Scrub
Similar Species:-
Observations: Another member of the fairy longhorn moths commonly named Green Long-horn Moth, derived from the forewings which show a beautiful metallic green sheen when caught in sunshine. The hind wings are metallic bronze in colour.
The males have long white antennae with long black hair on their heads. The female antennae are shorter with lighter shorter hair on their heads.
Wingspan: 14mm-18mm.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Finland,Greece,Madeira, Malta,Portugal, Sardinia & Slovenia)
UK Distribution: Common in England : Wales : Southern Scotland and locally in Ireland in open areas such as Heathland,Marshland, Meadows, Coastal areas where the larval food plant is available ,usually found in numbers flying in warm sunshine.
In Hampshire I found them at Keyhaven along a coastal path and Martin Down where in both cases they were flying above the tops of a Hawthorn (Crataegus).
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = >300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Phalaena reaumurella Linnaeus, 1758
- Phalaena reaumurella Linnaeus, 1758
- Europe
Habitat: Woodland : Heathland : Marshes : Fens : Scrub
Similar Species:-
- Adela rufimitrella Scopoli, 1763
Observations: Another member of the fairy longhorn moths commonly named Green Long-horn Moth, derived from the forewings which show a beautiful metallic green sheen when caught in sunshine. The hind wings are metallic bronze in colour.
The males have long white antennae with long black hair on their heads. The female antennae are shorter with lighter shorter hair on their heads.
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Adeloidea Adelidae Adelinae ADELA Latreille, 1796 Adela reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758) - Phalaena reaumurella Linnaeus, 1758 - PHALAENA reaumurella Linnaeus, 1758 = Phalaena viridella Scopoli, 1763 - ADELA Latreille 1796-Genus = Capillaria Haworth 1828 - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.540 - n.285 - Europe |