Adaina excreta

Adaina excreta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Adaina
Species: A. excreta
Binomial name
Adaina excreta
Meyrick, 1930

Adaina excreta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Peru (Carabaya),[1] Argentina and Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The thorax, tegulae, mesothorax and abdomen are pale brown-ochreous. The forewings are yellow-ochreous (toward the dorsum grey-mixed) with dark brown markings and grey fringes. The underside is dark brown. The hindwings are brown-grey with grey fringes. The underside is grey-brown.

Adults are on wing in January, June, October and November.[2]

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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