Biology:Adaina zephyria

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Adaina zephyria
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. zephyria
Binomial name
Adaina zephyria
Barnes & Lindsey, 1921[1]

Adaina zephyria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in the United States (California ), Mexico (Oaxaca), Peru (Huanaca),[2] Venezuela,[3] Bolivia, Costa Rica and Ecuador.[4]

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are brownish white, but the head is slightly darker in front and above and pale between the antennae. These are dotted with brown above. The forewings have brown irroration (speckling), forming a vague spot in the middle of the cell. The hindwings and all fringes are almost the same color as the forewings.[5] Adults are on wing from January to May and in September and October.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4678451 entry