Adaina excreta

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Adaina excreta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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 millimetres (0.71 in). 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]

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References

  1. ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.


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