About Adela ridingsella Clemens, 1864
Adela ridingsella, commonly known as Ridings' fairy moth, is a species of moth belonging to the Adelidae family, also called fairy longhorn moths. It was first described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1864. This moth has a widespread distribution across eastern North America, ranging from Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Maine in the north to Pennsylvania and the mountainous areas of North Carolina in the south. Adult moths are active and can be seen on the wing from June through July. Larvae that have been found in petiole galls on Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) have not been definitively confirmed to belong to this species. The larvae that may be this species later form external cases.
