Nemophora bellela

Nemophora bellela
Nemophora bellela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Nemophora
Species: N. bellela
Binomial name
Nemophora bellela
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Adela belella Walker, 1863
  • Adela esmarkella Wocke, 1864
  • Adela hedemanni Christoph, 1888
  • Adela bellella Walsingham, 1890
  • Nemotois belleta Anderson, 1915
  • Nemophora belella Wojtusiak, 1996[2]

Nemophora bellela is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is the only circumpolar species of the Nemophora, and the only representative of the genus in North America, where it is found from Quebec across Canada north of the plains to the mountains of British Columbia and Alaska.[3] In Europe, it is found in Fennoscandia, Lithuania and northern Russia.

The wingspan is 17-20 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in northern Europe.[4][5]

The larvae feed on Betula nana and Salix species.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Annotated checklist of the European species of Nemophora (Adelidae)
  3. ^ Bug Guide
  4. ^ Swedish Moths
  5. ^ Naturhistoriska riksmuseet

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