Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Long horned moth- Adela sp?

Posted by nick upton on 02-07-2010 20:56
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Can anyone confirm that this is a female Long horned moth, and which species? Maybe Adela reaumurella?

c 9mm (body) Wiltshire UK garden 17.5.10

Posted by nick upton on 02-07-2010 20:57
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 03-07-2010 02:31
#3
Hello, Nick!

NickU wrote:
Maybe Adela reaumurella?


Yes. But a male.

Posted by nick upton on 03-07-2010 10:48
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Many thanks Juergen. Something I read suggested the males were smaller than the moth I photographed, but with these very long antennae it has to be a male.

Posted by BubikolRamios on 03-07-2010 17:00
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Similar. Id ?
Body 6 mm.
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Edited by BubikolRamios on 03-07-2010 17:02

Posted by nick upton on 03-07-2010 17:08
#6
Same family, different species... I'm pretty sure this is the Gold-banded long-horned moth (Nemophora / Adela degeerella), with perhaps even more spectacular antennae!

Posted by BubikolRamios on 03-07-2010 17:27
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Was just googling that, I dont think it fits Adela degeerella