Adaina fuscahodias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Adaina |
Species: | A. fuscahodias |
Binomial name | |
Adaina fuscahodias Gielis, 1992 | |
Adaina fuscahodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz), [1] Brazil and Costa Rica.
The wingspan is 15–17 millimetres (0.59–0.67 in). Adults have been recorded in February, July, August and December.
The larvae feed on Verbesina species, Senecio brasiliensis and Vernonanthura mariana . [2]
The name refers to the close resemblance in genitalia with Adaina hodias and the striking darker area on the forewing.
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.
Adaina bipunctatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States, including Florida and Mississippi. It has also been recorded from Trinidad, the West Indies, Brazil and Ecuador.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adaina beckeri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Belize.
Adaina hodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela (Mérida), Ecuador and Mexico.
Adaina bernardi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and Mexico.
Adaina planaltina is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Federal District of Brazil.
Adaina invida is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil, Costa Rica and Panama.
Adaina parainvida is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica and on Jamaica.
Adaina costarica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Adaina excreta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Peru (Carabaya), Argentina and Ecuador.
Adaina everdinae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Salta Province, Argentina.
Adaina desolata is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Colombia.
Adaina obscura is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Adaina ipomoeae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Florida.
Adaina scalesiae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is endemic to the Galapagos Islands, where it was discovered by Bernard Landry on Bella Vista on April 1, 1992, and on May 25 of the same year on the island of Santa Cruz. The species was also found in Volcan Darwin, a province 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Puerto Villamil, on May 25, and 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level on Pinta Island where it was found from March 13 to 21. The species is attracted to various lamps including mercury-vapor lamps.