Adela croesella
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Adela croesella is a moth
of the Adelidae
family. It is found in most of Europe
.
The wingspan
is 11-14 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to June. They are on wing during the day in sunshine and visit flowers.
At first, the larvae probably feed on flowers of Hippophae rhamnoides
or Ligustrum vulgare
. Older larvae built a portable case from leaf fragments and particles of soil and feed on fallen leaves.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Adelidae
Adelidae
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family. It is found in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 11-14 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to June. They are on wing during the day in sunshine and visit flowers.
At first, the larvae probably feed on flowers of Hippophae rhamnoides
Hippophae rhamnoides
Hippophae rhamnoides, the common sea-buckthorn, is a deciduous shrub species in the genus Hippophae.Common Sea-buckthorn branches are dense, stiff, and very thorny. The leaves are a distinct pale silvery-green, lanceolate, 3-8 cm long and less than 7 mm broad. It is dioecious, with male and female...
or Ligustrum vulgare
Ligustrum vulgare
Ligustrum vulgare , is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from southern England and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m...
. Older larvae built a portable case from leaf fragments and particles of soil and feed on fallen leaves.