''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

* '' Nemophora ahenea'' 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'' 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'' (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'' Issiki, 1930 * '' Nemophora cassiterites'' (Meyrick, 1907) * '' Nemophora chionites'' (Meyrick, 1907) * '' Nemophora chrysoprasias'' (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'' (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'' (Meyrick, 1907) * '' Nemophora fasciella'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Nemophora griseella'' Walsingham, 1880 * '' Nemophora humilis'' (Walsingham, 1891) * '' Nemophora ischnodesma'' (Meyrick) * '' Nemophora istrianella'' (Heydenreich, 1851) * '' Nemophora japonica'' Stringer, 1930 * '' Nemophora karafutonis'' (Matsumura, 1932) * '' Nemophora lapikiella'' Kozlov, 1997 * '' Nemophora magnifica'' Kozlov, 1997 * '' Nemophora metallica'' (Poda, 1761) * '' Nemophora minimella'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Nemophora molella'' (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'' (Hübner, 1813) * '' Nemophora raddei'' (Rebel, 1901) * '' Nemophora raddella'' (Hübner, 1793) * '' Nemophora seraphias'' (Meyrick, 1907) * '' Nemophora staudingerella'' Christoph, 1881 * '' Nemophora stellata'' Hirowatari, 1995 * '' Nemophora sylvatica'' Hirowatari, 1995 * '' Nemophora umbripennis'' 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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