Fairy Moths and Allies
Adeloidea
Adeloidea is a superfamily of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which consists of leafcutters, yucca moths and relatives. This superfamily is characterised by a piercing, extensible ovipositor used for laying eggs in plants (Davis, 1999). Many species are day-flying with metallic patterns.
7 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Fairy Moths
familyAdelidae
Shield-bearing Moths
familyHeliozelidae
Yucca Moths and Allies
familyProdoxidae
Leafcutter Moths
familyIncurvariidae
Cecidosidae
familyCecidosidae
Tridentaformidae
familyTridentaformidae
Crinopterygidae
familyCrinopterygidae
Where it lives
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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 51269.