| Higher taxa: | Adelidae (family)/ Adelinae (subfamily)/ Capillaria (genus)/ |
| Status: | Misapplied , the accepted name is Adela |
| Authorship: | Haworth, 1828 |
| Citation: | Capillaria |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena viridella Scopoli, 1763. Entomologia Carniolica: 250, fig.645. By subsequent designation by Meyrick, 1912. Genera Insectorum 133: 8. A junior homonym of Capillaria Zeder, 1800 (Vermes). There is no objective replacement name, but Adela is available as a subjective replacement name. |
| Publication: | Haworth A. H. 1803–1828. Lepidoptera Britannica: sistens digestionem novam insectorum lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannia reperiuntur, larvarum pabulo, remporeque pascendi, expansione alarum, mensibusque volandi, synonymis atque locis observationibusque variis: etc. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 1–4 |
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| Pagination: | 519 |
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