Adaina bipunctatus

Last updated

Adaina bipunctatus
Adaina bipunctatus.JPG
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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. It is found in the United States, including Florida and Mississippi. [2] It has also been recorded from Trinidad, [3] the West Indies, Brazil [4] and Ecuador. [5]

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. [6]

Adults are on wing from January to April and again in August in the tropics. In Florida they have been recorded from the end of March to the end of June and again from mid-August to mid-December.

The larvae feed on Conoclinium coelestinum , Carphephorus paniculatus , Carphephorus odoratissimus , Pluchea rosea and Eupatorium cannabinum . [7]

Related Research Articles

<i>Adaina microdactyla</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina microdactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. Also known as the hemp-agrimony plume, it is found in Africa, Asia and Europe.

<i>Adaina</i> Plume moth genus

Adaina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was erected in 1905 by J. W. Tutt. Several of its species have gall-inducing larvae, such as Adaina primulacea, of which the larvae induce stem galls on Chromolaena odorata, and Adaina microdactyla, which induces stem galls on Eupatorium cannabinum.

<i>Adaina ambrosiae</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina ambrosiae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America from California east to Florida and north to Ontario. It is also known from Bermuda, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

<i>Hellinsia paleaceus</i> Species of plume moth

Hellinsia paleaceus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi Maryland, Montana, Texas, California, Nebraska, New Mexico and south-eastern Canada. It has also been recorded from Puerto Rico.

<i>Hellinsia inquinatus</i> Species of plume moth

Hellinsia inquinatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Maryland, Alabama, Texas, Missouri, Colorado and Arizona. It has also been recorded from Hispaniola, Mexico, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas Island.

<i>Oidaematophorus eupatorii</i> Species of plume moth

Oidaematophorus eupatorii, the eupatorium plume moth or Joe Pye plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi, Iowa, New York, California and Vancouver Island. It is also known from Mexico, Guatemala and Panama.

<i>Emmelina buscki</i> Species of plume moth

Emmelina buscki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America.

<i>Adaina simplicius</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina simplicius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Puerto Rico. It was introduced to South Africa for study as a biological control agent for Eupatorium macrocephalum.

<i>Adaina primulacea</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina primulacea is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Taboga Island in the Gulf of Panama, Costa Rica and southern Florida, United States. It is probably widespread throughout the Neotropics, including the West Indies and Central and South America.

<i>Adaina montanus</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina montanus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States.

<i>Hellinsia grandis</i> Species of plume moth

Hellinsia grandis, the coyote brush borer plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in North America, Mexico and Guatemala.

<i>Adaina zephyria</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina zephyria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the United States (California), Mexico (Oaxaca), Peru (Huanaca), Venezuela, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

<i>Adaina perplexus</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina perplexus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States, including the Florida Everglades. It has also been recorded from Cuba and Trinidad.

<i>Singularia alternaria</i> Species of plume moth

Singularia alternaria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Argentina, Chile and Ecuador.

<i>Adaina beckeri</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina beckeri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Belize.

<i>Adaina fuscahodias</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina fuscahodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz), Brazil and Costa Rica.

<i>Adaina planaltina</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina planaltina is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Federal District of Brazil.

<i>Adaina parainvida</i> Species of plume moth

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

<i>Adaina obscura</i> Species of plume moth

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

<i>Adaina ipomoeae</i> Species of plume moth

Adaina ipomoeae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Florida.

References

  1. ↑ "460152.00 – 6155 – Adaina bipunctatus – (Möschler, 1890)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  3. ↑ Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  4. ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  6. ↑ 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 .
  7. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.