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Adaina costarica

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Species of plume moth

Adaina costarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species: A. costarica
Binomial name
Adaina costarica
Gielis, 1992

Adaina costarica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.

The wingspan is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). Adults have been recorded in July.

Etymology

The species is named after the country of its discovery.

References

  1. ^ Gielis, Cees (1992). "Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 20: 373–404.
  2. "Adaina costarica Gielis, 1992". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.335. 30 November 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  3. ^ Gielis, Cees (2011). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part 2: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (10): 589–824.
Taxon identifiers
Adaina costarica


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