''Nemophora'' is a genus of the

fairy longhorn moth The Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths are a family of monotrysian moths in the lepidopteran infraorder Heteroneura. The family was first described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1851. Most species have at least partially metallic ...

family (Adelidae). Among these, it belongs to

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Adelinae.

Selected species

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Nemophora ahenea ''Nemophora ahenea'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on t ...

'' Stringer, 1930 * ''

Nemophora albiciliellus ''Nemophora albiciliellus'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Spain. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 ...

'' (Staudinger, 1859) * ''

Nemophora amatella ''Nemophora amatella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is a trans-Palearctic species which is widely distributed in Asia (including Siberia, Korea, and Japan), as well as in northern Europe. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of ...

'' (Staudinger, 1892) * ''

Nemophora askoldella ''Nemophora askoldella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Pierre Millière in 1879. It is found in China, South Korea, Japan and the Khabarovsk and Primorye regions of the Russian Far East The ...

'' (Milliére, 1879) * ''

Nemophora assamensis ''Nemophora assamensis'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in India. References Moths described in 1997 Adelidae Moths of Asia {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' Kozlov, 1997 * ''

Nemophora associatella ''Nemophora associatella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found from Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy and the Balkan Peninsula. It is also present in Russia. The wingspan is about 19 mm. The larvae feed on ''Abies alba'' ...

'' (Zeller, 1839) * ''

Nemophora augantha ''Nemophora augantha'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Assam, India. References Adelidae Moths described in 1907 Moths of Asia {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Meyrick 1907) * ''

Nemophora barbatellus ''Nemophora barbatellus'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in southern Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history ...

'' Zeller, 1847 * ''

Nemophora basella ''Nemophora basella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family that can be found in Slovakia and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest count ...

'' (Eversmann, 1844) * ''

Nemophora belella ''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 moun ...

'' (Walker, 1863) * ''

Nemophora bifasciatella ''Nemophora bifasciatella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1930. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu). The wingspan is 10–13 mm. The larvae possibly fee ...

'' Issiki, 1930 * ''

Nemophora cassiterites ''Nemophora cassiterites'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India. References Adelidae Moths described in 1907 Moths of Asia Endemic fauna of Indi ...

'' (Meyrick, 1907) * ''

Nemophora chionites ''Nemophora chionites'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in India and Thailand. References Adelidae Moths described in 1907 Moths of Asia {{Adelida ...

'' (Meyrick, 1907) * ''

Nemophora chrysoprasias ''Nemophora chrysoprasias'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Assam, India. References Adelidae Moths described in 1907 Moths of Asia {{Adelidae-s ...

'' (Meyrick 1907) * ''

Nemophora congruella ''Nemophora congruella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. Distribution This infrequent transpalaearctic species is present from France and Belgium to Poland and Romania and from Denmark to Italy. It is also present in Russia. Habitat These mot ...

'' (Zeller, 1839) * ''

Nemophora cupriacella ''Nemophora cupriacella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae that is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is .Head ferruginous, forehead in male black. Antennae in male with basal l/8 clothed with rough scales above, in female gradually thickene ...

'' (Hübner, 1819) * ''

Nemophora degeerella The longhorn moth or yellow-barred long-horn (''Nemophora degeerella'') is a Diurnality, diurnal lepidopteran from the moths family Adelidae (fairy longhorn moths). Distribution and habitat This species is present on most of Europe, but it is fa ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Nemophora divina ''Nemophora divina'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in continental China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exce ...

'' (Caradja, 1939) * ''

Nemophora dumerilellus ''Nemophora dumerilella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway. The wingspan is . Adult ...

'' (Duponchel, 1839) * ''

Nemophora engraptes ''Nemophora engraptes'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO ...

'' (Meyrick, 1907) * '' Nemophora fasciella'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''

Nemophora griseella ''Nemophora griseella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1880. It is found in India, Burma and Nepal. References Adelidae Moths described in 1880 Moths of Asia ...

'' Walsingham, 1880 * ''

Nemophora humilis ''Nemophora humilis'' is a species of moth of the Adelidae family that is known from Mozambique. References Endemic fauna of Mozambique Adelidae Moths described in 1891 Moths of Africa Lepidoptera of Mozambique {{Adelidae-stu ...

'' (Walsingham, 1891) * ''

Nemophora ischnodesma ''Nemophora ischnodesma'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in India and western Malaysia.Nemophora istrianella ''Nemophora istrianellus'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Spain, Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Asia Minor and Israel. References External linkslepiforum.de Nemophora japonica ''Nemophora japonica'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Stringer in 1930. It is found on the Kuriles and in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island cou ...

'' Stringer, 1930 * ''

Nemophora karafutonis ''Nemophora karafutonis'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1932. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') ...

'' (Matsumura, 1932) * ''

Nemophora lapikiella ''Nemophora lapikiella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Kozlov in 1997. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an isla ...

'' Kozlov, 1997 * '' Nemophora magnifica'' Kozlov, 1997 * ''

Nemophora metallica ''Nemophora metallica'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is found in Europe. Its wingspan is 15–20 mm. The moth flies from late June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on ''Knautia arvensis'' and ''Scabiosa columba ...

'' (Poda, 1761) * '' Nemophora minimella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * ''

Nemophora molella ''Nemophora molella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in France, Hungary, Romania and Russia. References External linkslepiforum.de Moths described in 1816 Adelidae Moths of Europe {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Hübner, 1816) * ''

Nemophora ochsenheimerella ''Nemophora ochsenheimerella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae. It is a trans- Palearctic species, which is also found in Central Europe. The wingspan is about . The moth flies in one generation from late April to June. Notes #''The flight se ...

'' (Hübner, 1813) * ''

Nemophora parvella ''Nemophora parvella'' is a species of moth of the family Adelidae. It is known from the Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It ...

'' (Walker, 1863) * ''

Nemophora pfeifferella ''Nemophora pfeifferella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found from France to Russia and from Germany and Poland to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria. References External linkslepiforum.de Nemophora raddei ''Nemophora raddei'' is a moth of the fairy longhorn moths or Adelidae family. It was described by Hans Rebel in 1901. It is found in Japan. The wingspan is . References

Adelidae Moths described in 1901 Endemic insects of Japan Moths of ...

'' (Rebel, 1901) * ''

Nemophora raddella ''Nemophora raddaella'' is a moth of the Adelidae family that is found in southern Europe. The larvae feed on '' Dipsacus'' species and '' Scabiosa maritima''. References External linksLepiforum.de Nemophora seraphias ''Nemophora seraphias'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Assam, India. References Adelidae Moths described in 1907 Moths of Asia {{Adelidae-stub ...

'' (Meyrick, 1907) * ''

Nemophora staudingerella ''Nemophora staudingerella'' is a moth of the family Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths. It was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1881. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonk ...

'' Christoph, 1881 * ''

Nemophora stellata ''Nemophora stellata'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Toshiya Hirowatari in 1995. It is found on the Japanese islands of Shikoku and Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five m ...

'' Hirowatari, 1995 * ''

Nemophora sylvatica ''Nemophora sylvatica'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was assessed by Hirowatari in 1995. It is found on the Kuriles and in the Russian Far East and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , '' ...

'' Hirowatari, 1995 * ''

Nemophora umbripennis ''Nemophora umbripennis'' is a moth of the Adelidae family or ''fairy longhorn moths''. It was described by Stringer in 1930. It is found on the Kuriles and in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island ...

'' Stringer, 1930 * '' Nemophora violellus'' (Stainton, 1851)

References

* Mikhail V. Kozlov (2003): Annotated checklist of the European species of Nemophora (Adelidae) – ''Nota lepidopterologica'' – 26: 115–126
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