Adaina parainvida

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Adaina parainvida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. parainvida
Binomial name
Adaina parainvida
Gielis, 1992

Adaina parainvida is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica[1] and on Jamaica.[2]

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.

Adults have been recorded in July.

Etymology[edit]

The species is called parainvida because of the resemblance in the male genitalia to Adaina invida.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)[permanent dead link]
  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.