Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Adelidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Nemophora | |
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Similar Nemophora minimella, Nematopogon robertella, Cauchas fibulella, Nemophora ochsenheimerella, Nemophora metallica | ||
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.
In Europe, it is found in Fennoscandia, Lithuania and northern Russia.
The wingspan is 17–20 millimetres (0.67–0.79 in). Adults are on wing in June and July in northern Europe.
The larvae feed on Betula nana and Salix species.
References
Nemophora bellela Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA