Adaina primulacea

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Adaina primulacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. primulacea
Binomial name
Adaina primulacea

Adaina primulacea is a

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. Adults are on wing in September and December.[2]

The larvae feed on Chromolaena odorata.[3]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  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.
  3. ^ Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)