Adaina bipunctatus

Adaina bipunctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Adaina
Species:	A. bipunctatus
Binomial name
Adaina bipunctatus (Möschler, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Pterophorus bipunctatus Möschler, 1890

Adaina bipunctatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.[1][2] It is found in the United States (including Florida[1][3] and Mississippi[1][4]), the Caribbean (Trinidad,[5] Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands,[2][6] Guadeloupe[2]) and South America (Brazil and Ecuador).[2][6]

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.[7]

Adults are on wing from January to May, August and December;[6] in Florida they have been recorded from the end of March to the end of June and again from mid-August to mid-December.[3]

The larvae feed on Conoclinium coelestinum, Carphephorus paniculatus, Carphephorus odoratissimus, Pluchea rosea, Eupatorium cannabinum,[3] and many others.[2]

References

1. "460152.00 – 6155 – Adaina bipunctatus – (Möschler, 1890)". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group, Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
2. "Adaina bipunctatus (Möschler, 1890)". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World 1.1.24.330. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
3. Matthews, D. L.; Habeck, D. H. & Hall, D. W. (1990). "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida Including Larval Food Plant Records". Florida Entomologist. 73 (4): 613–621. JSTOR 3495275. (Alternative address)
4. Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
5. Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
6. Gielis, Cees (2011). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part 2: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (10): 589–824.
7. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.