Adaina everdinae

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Adaina everdinae
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. everdinae
Binomial name
Adaina everdinae
Gielis, 1991

Adaina everdinae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Salta Province, Argentina.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The head is and olive-brown, but grey-whíte between the base of the antennae. The thorax and tegulae are yellowish-white. The forewings are grey-white with brown markings and grey fringes. The underside is grey-brown. The hindswings are pale grey-brown with grey-brown fringes. The underside is also grey-brown.

Adults have been recorded in April and December.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.


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