Adaina microdactoides

Adaina microdactoides is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Luzon and Mindanao in the Philippines.[1]

Adaina microdactoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. microdactoides
Binomial name
Adaina microdactoides
Gielis, 2003

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. Adults are on wing in August and November.

Etymology

The name of the species reflects the resemblance to Adaina microdactyla, a species occurring commonly in the archipelago.

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