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Adaina parainvida

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Species of plume moth

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

Adaina parainvida is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and on Jamaica.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults have been recorded in July.

Etymology

The species is called parainvida because of the resemblance in the male genitalia to Adaina invida.

References

  1. ^ Gielis, Cees (1992). "Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 20: 373–404.
  2. "Adaina parainvida 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 parainvida


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