Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Adela Latreille, 1796 . Prècis Caractères génériques Insectes : 147.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
INCURVARIOIDEA : ADELIDAE : ADELINAE

Type-species:
Phalaena reaumurella Linnaeus , 1758 Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1 : 540. .

Type-species designation:
by subsequent monotypy

Notes:
Nemophora Hoffmannsegg, 1798 was downgraded to denote a subgenus of Adela Latreille, [1796] by Kuppers, 1977, Beitraege Zur Naturkundlichen Forschung in SuedwestDeutschland 36 : 245.

Cauchas Zeller, 1839 was established to denote a subgenus of Adela Latreille, [1796] and was raised to generic level by Nielsen, 1980, Entomologica Scandinavica 11 (2) : 162.

Nye & Fletcher (1991) stated:-

See also: * Adelo Gistl, (1847); Aedilis Gistl, 1848; Metallitis Sodoffsky, 1837; * Odela Christoph, 1882

ADELA was included within the subfamily ADELIDAE: ADELINAE by Davis, in Kristensen (1999).

Junior name(s):
Adelo ; Gistel, 1847: 486.
Aedilis Gistel, 1848: viii.
Capillaria Haworth, 1828: 519.
Metallitis Sodoffsky, 1837: 95.
Odela ; Christoph, 1882: 5.