Adaina planaltina

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

Adaina planaltina is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the Federal District of Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The head is scaled and yellow-white. The forewings are yellow-white with dark brown markings and brownish white fringes. The underside is grey-brown. The hindwings are pale brown-grey with brownish white fringes. The underside is grey-brown.

Adults have been recorded in August (mid-winter).[2]

Etymology

The species is named after the collecting area, Planaltina in Brazil.

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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