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Adaina sp.

Adaina sp.


Family: Pterophoridae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Adaina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was erected in 1905 by J. W. Tutt. Several of its species have gall-inducing larvae, such as Adaina primulacea, of which the larvae induce stem galls on Chromolaena odorata, and Adaina microdactyla, which induces stem galls on Eupatorium cannabinum.

Species: , the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following 42 species for genus Adaina:
  • Adaina ambrosiae (Murtfeldt, 1880)
  • Adaina atahualpa Gielis, 2011
  • Adaina beckeri Gielis, 1992
  • Adaina bernardi Gielis, 1992
  • Adaina bipunctatus (Möschler, 1890)
  • Adaina bolivari (Cåpuse, 1987)
  • Adaina cinerascens (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Adaina coquimboae Gielis, 2012
  • Adaina costarica Gielis, 1992
  • Adaina desolata Arenberger & Bond, 1995
  • Adaina everdinae Gielis, 1991
  • Adaina excreta Meyrick, 1930
  • Adaina fuscahodias Gielis, 1992
  • Adaina gentilis Meyrick, 1911
  • Adaina hodias (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Adaina invida (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009
  • Adaina jequie Gielis, 2016
  • Adaina jobimi Vargas, 2020
  • Adaina kihonda Gielis, 2011
  • Adaina microdactoides Gielis, 2003
  • Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, [1813])
  • Adaina montanus (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Adaina nina Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2022
  • Adaina obscura Gielis, 1999
  • Adaina parainvida Gielis, 1992
  • Adaina periarga Meyrick, 1913
  • Adaina perplexus (Grossbeck, 1917)
  • Adaina pittieri Gielis, 2014
  • Adaina planaltina Gielis, 1992
  • Adaina praeusta (Möschler, 1890)
  • Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929
  • Adaina propria Meyrick, 1921
  • Adaina quieta Gielis, 2012
  • Adaina recta Gielis, 2012
  • Adaina santacruzae Gielis, 2013
  • Adaina scalesiae Landry, Roque-Albelo & Matthews, 2004
  • Adaina simplicius (Grossbeck, 1917)
  • Adaina sinuari Gielis, 2012
  • Adaina thomae (Zeller, 1877)
  • Adaina villagrani (Gielis, 2013)
  • Adaina zephyria Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Source: Wikipedia, article Adaina sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Foto
Photography ID: 552592
  Adult

Araraquara
São Paulo
Brazil
10/18/2023
Cleber Guerreiro Da Silva
Foto
Photography ID: 552591
  Adult

Araraquara
São Paulo
Brazil
10/18/2023
Cleber Guerreiro Da Silva
Foto
Photography ID: 324136
  Adult

Cotia
São Paulo
Brazil
01/05/2018
Lucas Rubio



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
189890818/10/2023BrazilSão PauloAvenida Vicente Guaglianone, Araraquara Sp, Araraquara1Cleber Guerreiro Da Silva
90195605/01/2018BrazilSão PauloCotiaLucas Rubio
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Adaina sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.