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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 893 No. 893 |

Meadow Longhorn
Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) – species of family “Fairy Moths“

Cauchas rufimitrella is a diurnal lepidopteran from the family Adelidae, the fairy long horn moths. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Portugal, Ukraine and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

Ancestry Graph

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„Meadow Longhorn“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily