Adaina costarica

Adaina costarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Adaina
Species:	A. costarica
Binomial name
Adaina costarica Gielis, 1992

Adaina costarica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica.^[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The head is scaled and ochreous-white. The antennae are pale ochreous-while. The thorax, tegulae, mesothorax and abdomen are yellow-white. The forewings are yellow-white with brown markings and yellow-white fringes. The underside is pale brown. The hindwings are grey-brown with grey fringes. The underside is pale brown.

Adults have been recorded in July.^[2]

Etymology

The species is named after the country of its discovery.

References

1. Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
2. Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)