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trigrapha/eldorada clade
Adela trigrapha
Adela trigrapha is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Zeller in 1876 and is found in western North America, from Vancouver Island to California.
The length of the forewings is 5.5–6.2 mm. Adult males have large eyes and long white antenna (three times the forewing length). The forewings are black and usually crossed by three white lines. Females are smaller and have smaller eyes and antennae. They have a bright orange head. The forewings are bright metallic blue and the hindwings are purple.
2 branches of this group, most-observed first
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1684564.

