Adaina zephyria

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

Adaina zephyria is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921.[1][2][3] It is widely distributed in the Americas, ranging from California (USA)[1][2][4] through Mexico and Central America (recorded in Costa Rica) to South America (records from Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.[2]

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.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "460154.00 – 6156 – Adaina zephyria – Barnes & Lindsey, 1921". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World 1.1.24.330. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.347. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b Gielis, Cees (2011). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part 2: Pterophorinae (Oidaematophorini, Pterophorini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 85 (10): 589–824.
  5. ^ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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