Adaina planaltina
Adaina planaltina is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Federal District of Brazil.[1]
| Adaina planaltina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Adaina |
| Species: | A. planaltina |
| Binomial name | |
| Adaina planaltina Gielis, 1992 | |
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The head is scaled and yellow-white. The forewings are yellow-white with dark brown markings and brownish white fringes. The underside is grey-brown. The hindwings are pale brown-grey with brownish white fringes. The underside is grey-brown.
Adults have been recorded in August (mid-winter).[2]
Etymology
The species is named after the collecting area, Planaltina in Brazil.
gollark: Flight is done by using the entity sensor to sense your current look direction and whatever, and then kinetic-augmentally boosting you in that direction.
gollark: It probably has a kinetic augment, if you use it for flight.
gollark: Do you have a neural interface?
gollark: It's a thing which lets things apply velocity to themselves.
gollark: As well as ender modems and such, so you can get full CC computation and GPS and movement.
References
- Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
- "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.
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