Adaina beckeri

Adaina beckeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species: A. beckeri
Binomial name
Adaina beckeri
Gielis, 1992

Adaina beckeri is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica[1] and Belize.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The head is scaled and pale brown. The antennae are yellow-white and the thorax is greasy grey. The forewings are yellow-white with brown markings and yellow-white fringes. The underside is brown, changing to yellowish towards the apex of both lobes. The hindwings and fringes are brown-grey and the underside is brown.

Adults have been recorded in July.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, Dr. V.O. Becker.

References

  1. ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  2. ↑ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)


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