Adaina bipunctatus

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Adaina bipunctatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. bipunctatus
Binomial name
Adaina bipunctatus
(Möschler, 1890) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus bipunctatusMöschler, 1890

Adaina bipunctatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. [1] [2] It is found in the United States (including Florida [1] [3] and Mississippi [1] [4] ), the Caribbean (Trinidad, [5] Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, [2] [6] Guadeloupe [2] ) and South America (Brazil and Ecuador). [2] [6]

The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm. Adults are entirely pale yellowish white, although the head is touched with pale brownish above and on the front. The forewings have a few brown scales and several brown spots. The fringes are slightly tinged with grey, as are the hindwings and their fringes. [7]

Adults are on wing from January to May, August and December; [6] in Florida they have been recorded from the end of March to the end of June and again from mid-August to mid-December. [3]

The larvae feed on Conoclinium coelestinum , Carphephorus paniculatus , Carphephorus odoratissimus , Pluchea rosea , Eupatorium cannabinum , [3] and many others. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "460152.00 – 6155 – Adaina bipunctatus – (Möschler, 1890)". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group, Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Adaina bipunctatus (Möschler, 1890)". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World 1.1.24.330. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Matthews, D. L.; Habeck, D. H. & Hall, D. W. (1990). "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida Including Larval Food Plant Records". Florida Entomologist. 73 (4): 613–621. JSTOR   3495275. (Alternative address)
  4. ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  5. ↑ Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  6. 1 2 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.
  7. ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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