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Adela croesella, female · siauradryžė ilgaūsė makštinė kandis ♀

  • small barred long-horn
  • siauradryžė ilgaūsė makštinė kandis
  • Liguster-Langhornfalter

It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Head ferruginous mixed with black. Antennae in male 2.5x bodylength, black, tip white; in female hardly 1.5x body length, thickened with violet-black scales to above middle, remainder white. Forewings shining dark violet fuscous, more or less streaked suffusely between veins with golden - ochreous ; a straight deep yellow fascia close beyond middle, narrower costally, edged first with dark fuscous and then with narrow violet fasciae. Hindwings dark purplish fuscous.

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.

The males of this species have very long antennae, the females shorter with a thickened base. Nemophora degeerella is very similar, but it is much bigger and less colorful.

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