Nemophora bellela

Nemophora bellela is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is the only circumpolar species of the Nemophora, and the only representative of the genus in North America, where it is found from Quebec across Canada north of the plains to the mountains of British Columbia and Alaska.[3]

Nemophora bellela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Adelidae
Genus:
Nemophora
Species:
N. bellela
Binomial name
Nemophora bellela
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
  • Adela belella Walker, 1863
  • Adela esmarkella Wocke, 1864
  • Adela hedemanni Christoph, 1888
  • Adela bellella Walsingham, 1890
  • Nemotois belleta Anderson, 1915
  • Nemophora belella Wojtusiak, 1996[2]

In Europe, it is found in Fennoscandia, Lithuania and northern Russia.

The wingspan is 17–20 millimetres (0.67–0.79 in).[4] Adults are on wing in June and July in northern Europe.[5]

The larvae feed on Betula nana and Salix species.

References
  1. "Nemophora bellela Walker, 1863". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. Mikhail V. Kozlov. "Annotated checklist of the European species of Nemophora (Adelidae)" (PDF). Turku, Finland: University of Turku. pp. 115–126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23.
  3. Powell and Opler. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. ISBN 0-5202-5197-0.
  4. Swedish Moths
  5. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet


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