Adaina invida

Adaina invida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species: A. invida
Binomial name
Adaina invida
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Marasmarcha invida Meyrick, 1908

Adaina invida is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil (São Paulo), Costa Rica[1] and Panama.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The thorax is pale brown and the tegulae, mesothorax and abdomen are pale ochreous-brown. The forewings are pale straw-yellow with brown markings and grey-brown fringes. The underside is pale brown. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey and the underside is pale brown. Adults have been recorded in February, July and October.

The larvae feed on Senecio brasiliensis.[2]

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)


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