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Adaina
''Adaina'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species *''Adaina ambrosiae'' *''Adaina atahualpa'' *''Adaina beckeri'' *''Adaina bernardi'' *''Adaina bipunctatus'' *''Adaina bolivari'' *''Adaina cinerascens'' *''Adaina costarica'' *''Adaina desolata'' *''Adaina everdinae'' *''Adaina excreta'' *''Adaina fuscahodias'' *''Adaina gentilis'' *''Adaina hodias'' *''Adaina invida'' *''Adaina ipomoeae'' *''Adaina microdactoides'' *''Adaina microdactyla'' *''Adaina montanus'' *''Adaina obscura'' *''Adaina parainvida'' *''Adaina periarga'' *''Adaina perplexus'' *''Adaina planaltina'' *''Adaina praeusta'' *''Adaina primulacea'' *''Adaina propria'' *''Adaina scalesiae'' *''Adaina simplicius'' *''Adaina thomae'' *''Adaina zephyria'' Moth genera Oidaematophorini Taxa named by J. W. Tutt {{Oidaematophorini-stub ...
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Adaina Microdactyla
''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. The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are whitish yellowish, sprinkled with blackish. There is a dot in disc at , a mark at base of fissure and a distinct mark on costa beyond the fissure, a less distinct one towards apex, and some blackish indistinct dots on margins of segments. The hindwings are grey. The flesh-colour larva has a slightly paler dorsal line and numerous rough points on the dorsum. The head is pale yellowish-brown. Adults are on wing in May and June and again in August in two generations in western Europe. The larvae feed on hemp-agrimony (''Eupatorium cannabinum''), Indian camphorweed (''Pluchea indica''), European goldenrod (''Solidago virgaurea'') and ''Brassica'' species. There are two broods, one which bores in stems and produces galls, the other feeding in flowers, a ...
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Adaina Simplicius
''Adaina simplicius'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States (including Mississippi and Florida), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Puerto Rico. It was introduced to South Africa for study as a biological control agent for ''Eupatorium macrocephalum''. The wingspan is about 10 mm. The head is pale yellowish, tinged with brownish especially on the vertex. The thorax is pale straw yellow. The forewings are very pale straw yellow, the costa with a few brown scales, a small patch of similarly colored scales on the costa beyond the incision and another near the center of the wing at the incision. A few more brown scales are found on the inner edge of both lobes near the apex. The hindwings are smoky. The larvae feed on various composites, including ''Carphephorus odoratissimus'', '' Carphephorus paniculatus'', ''Conoclinium coelestinum'' and '' Pluchea odorata''. Larvae induce the formation of stem gall Galls (from the Latin ...
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Adaina Bipunctatus
''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. 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. 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 ''Eupatorium cannabinum'', commonly known as hemp-agrimony, or holy rope, is a herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It i ...
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Adaina Scalesiae
''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 from Puerto Villamil, on May 25, and 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. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from January to May, July to September, and into December. Adults are on wing nearly year-round in the southern part of their range. The larvae feed on ''Scalesia microcephala'', '' Scalesia baurii hopkinsii'', ''Scalesia villosa'', '' Scalesia pendiculata'', ''Scalesia gordilloi'', '' Scalesia retroflexa'' and ''Lecocarpus lecocarpoides ''Lecocarpus lecocarpoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Galápagos Islands, E ...
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Adaina Perplexus
''Adaina perplexus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States, including the Florida Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of tropical climate, tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orland .... It has also been recorded from Cuba and Trinidad. The wingspan is about 14 mm. The head is pale ocherous-brown. The antennae are whitish annulated (ringed) with pale brown above. The thorax and abdomen are whitish, the latter usually with a black point on the posterior edge of each segment above, and with a similar series on the sides which may form a patch on the sixth segment. The forewings are creamy-white shaded with pale ocherous-brown and sprinkled with dark brown atoms, some of which form distinct spots. The fringes are dusky. The hindwings are uniform pale smoky, the fringes paler. Adults ...
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Adaina Fuscahodias
''Adaina fuscahodias'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz), Brazil and Costa Rica. The wingspan is . The head is scaled and pale ochreous-white. The antennae are pale ochreous-white, with a faint brownish gloss. The thorax, tegulae, mesothorax and abdomen are pale ochreous-white. The forewings are pale ochreous-white, diffusely mixed with pale brown scales. The markings are pale brown. The underside is brownish, without markings. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey and the underside is brownish. Adults have been recorded in February, July, August and December. The larvae feed on ''Verbesina ''Verbesina'', many species of which have crownbeard as part of their common names, is a genus of flowering plants, in the family Asteraceae. It is a large genus of about 350 species. All the species bear white or yellow flowers similar to small ...'' species, '' Senecio brasiliensis'' and '' Vernonanthura mariana''. Etymology The name refers t ...
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Adaina Primulacea
''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. The length of the forewings is 6–7 mm for males and 7–8 mm for females. The forewings are straw‑yellow. The hindwings are yellow‑grey and the fringes are yellow‑white. Adults are on wing in September and December. The larvae feed on '' Chromolaena odorata''. First instar larvae mine young stems and shoots of their host plant, causing it to produce a gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be .... The later instars are stem borers, primarily within the galls. There are probably ...
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Adaina Parainvida
''Adaina parainvida'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ... and on Jamaica. The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The head is scaled and ochreous-white. The antennae are ochreous-white. The thorax, tegulae and mesothorax are ochreous-white with a distinct brown margin along the abdominal junction. The abdomen is ochreous-white, with a distinct dark dorsal blackish spot on the fifth segment. The forewings are ochreous-white, with a diffuse brown scaling and grey-brown fringes with dark brown patches at the anal regions. The underside is grey-brown with faint brown scales. The hindwings are greyish with grey-brown fringes. The underside is grey-brown. Adults have been recorded in July. Etymology The specie ...
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Adaina Montanus
''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. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The head is white and the antennae are faintly dotted above with brownish. The thorax, abdomen and legs are snow white, although the fore and middle legs are brownish on the inner side. The forewings are snow white, sprinkled with ferruginous-brown scales, especially on the outer half of the costa. A spot of these scales is found before the base of the fissure and runs obliquely to a darker spot on the costa, which is nearly connected by a dark shade with another brown costal spot near the apex. There is a dark-brown fine streak on the outer half of the costa of the second lobe extending through the fringe under the apex. All of the rest of the fringe is snow white. The hindwings are dusted with cinereous (ash-grey) brown. Adults have been recorded in July. The larvae feed on '' Xanthium ...
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Adaina Planaltina
''Adaina planaltina'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Federal District of Brazil. The wingspan is about 14 mm. The head is scaled and yellow-white. The forewings are yellow-white with dark brown markings and brownish white fringes. The underside is grey-brown. The hindwings are pale brown-grey with brownish white fringes. The underside is grey-brown. Adults have been recorded in August (mid-winter). Etymology The species is named after the collecting area, Planaltina in Brazil. References Moths described in 1992 Oidaematophorini {{Oidaematophorini-stub ...
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Adaina Periarga
''Adaina periarga'' is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa. References Endemic moths of South Africa Oidaematophorini Moths of Africa Moths described in 1913 {{Oidaematophorini-stub ...
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Adaina Ipomoeae
''Adaina ipomoeae'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Florida. Description The wingspan is . The forewings are pale ochreous and the markings are dark brown. The hindwings and fringes are pale ochreous. Adults are on wing in January, August and October. The larvae feed on ''Ipomoea tiliacea'' and ''Merremia umbellata ''Camonea umbellata'', commonly known as hogvine, yellow merremia, and yellow wood rose, is a thin vine growing to a maximum thickness of . It has many uses in Indian traditional medicines. The flowers attract bees, butterflies and birds. Refer ...''. References Moths described in 2009 Moths of North America Oidaematophorini {{Oidaematophorini-stub ...
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