LEPIDOPTERA | Adeloidea

Adelidae (Longhorn Moths) > Adelinae

Checklist ref. 7.006

Designation: 'micro-moth'

Status: common and widely distributed across England and Wales

Typical habitat: woodland, heathland, scrub

Larval foodplant:           dead fallen leaves

Flight behaviour: flies in sunshine, often in numbers around treetops or tall bushes

Flight season: April - June/July

Note: listed as a recognised day-flying (DF) species