Nemophora degeerella (Linnaeus, 1758)

'Micromoths' are often dismissed as being small, dully coloured and uninteresting.

This one is certainly small:

Photographed June 2012 near Wimborne, Dorset, UK, using Olypus E-420 DLSR, with Zuiko 40-150mm lens and 3 KOOD magnifiers.

This picture doesn't do it full justice - in addition to the metallic colouring across its head and wings, the broad yellow stripe across its wings is accompanied by two narrow purple stripes which - for the purposes of a more interesting angle, aren't visible here.

Sorry, and all that.

Anyhow, this lovely little creature, perhaps better known as a (DeGeer's) Fairy Longhorn Moth belongs to:

- Adelinae     

- Adelidae        

- Incurvarioidea 

- Incurvariina       

- Monotrysia          

- Heteroneura          

See Also Crambus pascuella, Zebronia phenice, Laelia robusta, Metisella willemi, Acada biseriata, Anthocharis cardamines and Sphinx ligustri.

- Neolepidoptera         

- Glossata                      

- Lepidoptera                  

- Amphiesmenoptera        

- Panorpida                         

See also Megistocera filipes, Dolichotachina caudata, Diasemopsis meigenii, Metadon inermis, Episyrphus balteatus, Helophilus pendulus, Senaspis haemorrhoa, Chloromyia formosa and Panorpa germanica.

- Endopterygota                      

See also Andrena nigroaenea, Astata tropicalis, Vespula germanica, Synagris proserpina, Anthia fornasiini, Demetrias atricapillus, Neojulodis vittipennis, Melolontha melolontha, Cheilomenes lunata, Oedemera noobilis, Malachius bipustulatus, Otiorhynchus atroapterus, Phyllobius pomaceus and Hagenomyia tristis.

- Eumetabola                               

See also Pephricus, Grypocoris stysi, Ranatra and Anoplocnemis curvipes.

- Neoptera                                      

See also Humbe tenuicornis, Lobosceliana loboscelis, Cyathosternum prehensile, Heteropternis thoracica, Stictogryllacris punctata, Tettigonia viridissima and Sibylla.

- Metapterygota                                

See also Enallagma cyathigerum, Pseudagrion hageni, Lestinogomphus angustus and Rhyothemis semihyalina.

- Pterygota                                           

- Dicondylia                                           

- Insecta                                                   

- Hexapoda                                                

- Arthropoda                                                

See also Ligia oceanica, Dicranopalpus ramosus, Hyllus argyrotoxus, Alopecosa barbipes, Enoplognatha ovata, Argiope bruennichi and  Pardosa amentata.

 - Ecdysozoa                                                    

- Protostomia                                                    

- Nephrozoa                                                        

See also Syncerus caffer, Hipposideros vittatus, Synchiropus splendidus, Thelotornis capensis, Trachylepis varia, Zootoca vivipara, Lygodactylus capensis, Troglodytes troglodytes, Chalcophaps indica, Ardea goliath, Sterna hirundo, Burhinus vermiculatus, Tockus alboterminatus, Rana temporaria and Chiromantis xerampelina.

- Bilateralia                                                             

- Eumetazoa                                                              

- Animalia                                                                    

- Eukaryota                                                                    

And that's all, folks.



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