07.007 Adela cuprella (Sallow Longhorn)
ws: 14-16mm; Apr; sallow (Salix spp); uncommon in heaths and fens throughout GB
Adela cuprella §1 female
ID: Maxillary palps rudimentary; forewing without median fascia, without black basal streak; ws 13mm+; fw bronzy-gold; tegulae bronzy-purple, costa and apex coppery. Male has black hairs on vertex, frons and and labial palps, these hairs being ferruginous or yellow in female. Male antenna is 2½ x forewing length, 1¼ x in female. Similar to Nemophora cupriacella which flies in Jun-Jul
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 18/04/2011; female; fw 6.5mm
§2 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 7.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Bernwood Forest, Oxfordshire; 18/04/2018; male; fw 7.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 13/01/2012 (§1) | §2 added 29/01/2019
