Adaina bernardi

Adaina bernardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species: A. bernardi
Binomial name
Adaina bernardi
Gielis, 1992

Adaina bernardi is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica[1] and Mexico.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The head is scaled and brown, although it is cream while between the basal segments of the antennae. These are also cream white. The forewings are pale yellow-white with brown markings and grey fringes. The underside is brown. The hindwings are brown grey with grey fringes. The underside is brown.

Adults have been recorded in July, August and December.

Etymology

The species is named after Bernard Landry.

References

  1. ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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