Adelidae : Adelinae
Adela cuprella
ADELA cuprella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Adela cuprella
ADELA cuprella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Life Cycle Guide-Imago Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Early Long-horn
Wingspan: 17mm/23mm.
Worldwide Distribution: Found in most of Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is., Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus, Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Slovenia & Sicily)
UK Distribution: Fairly uncommon and local throughout Britain, usually found in groups around the tops of Pussy/Common Willow located on heathland and fen.
In Hampshire I found them around Pussy Willow tops in the heathland area around Fleet Pond in late March.
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Heathland : Fens : Marshland
Similar Species -
Larva: The early stage larva live in the growing flower heads/catkins of the Salix specie before later feeding on the dropped flower heads and other Sallow leaf litter.
Observations: Another member of the fairy longhorn moths,the male have antennae which are white in appearance with black hair on their heads,whereas the female has black antennae with yellow/orange hair on her head.
As the photos below show in certain light conditions the moth appears, as the name suggests(cuprella),copper/bronz colour,whereas in other refracted light conditions it appears black.(see photo 3)
Distribution of "Local" species 101 - 300 10km squares.
Wingspan: 17mm/23mm.
Worldwide Distribution: Found in most of Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is., Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus, Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Slovenia & Sicily)
UK Distribution: Fairly uncommon and local throughout Britain, usually found in groups around the tops of Pussy/Common Willow located on heathland and fen.
In Hampshire I found them around Pussy Willow tops in the heathland area around Fleet Pond in late March.
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea Phalaena cuprella ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775)
- Phalaena reaumurella Linnaeus, 1758
- Austria - Near Vienna
Habitat: Heathland : Fens : Marshland
Similar Species -
- Nemophora cupriacella Hübner, 1819
Larva: The early stage larva live in the growing flower heads/catkins of the Salix specie before later feeding on the dropped flower heads and other Sallow leaf litter.
Observations: Another member of the fairy longhorn moths,the male have antennae which are white in appearance with black hair on their heads,whereas the female has black antennae with yellow/orange hair on her head.
As the photos below show in certain light conditions the moth appears, as the name suggests(cuprella),copper/bronz colour,whereas in other refracted light conditions it appears black.(see photo 3)
Distribution of "Local" species 101 - 300 10km squares.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website
where further information like photos,physical
characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal
uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
- Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow
- Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Adeloidea Adelidae Adelinae ADELA Latreille, 1796 Adela cuprella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) - Phalaena reaumurella (Linnaeus, 1758) - TINEA cuprella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775 - ADELA Latreille, 1796 = Capillaria Haworth 1828 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.320 - n.44 - Austria-Near Vienna |
