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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Fairy Moths and Allies

superfamily

Fairy Moths and Allies

Adeloidea

Includes
72 native 5 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Yucca Moths and Allies 28 native
  • Shield Bearer Moths 24 native
  • Longhorned Fairy Moths 16 native
  • Leafcutter Moths 4 native
  • Tridentaformidae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native fairy moths and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Ocean Spray Fairy Moth Adela septentrionella 2,201 observations
  • Maple Leafcutter Moth Paraclemensia acerifoliella 1,592 observations
  • Three-striped Longhorn Adela trigrapha 1,179 observations
  • Heliozela aesella 1,063 observations
  • Southern Longhorn Moth Adela caeruleella 1,023 observations
  • Eastern Yucca Moth Tegeticula yuccasella 448 observations
  • Adela singulella 125 observations
  • Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth Prodoxus quinquepunctella 61 observations

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