Adaina thomae

Adaina thomae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Adaina
Species:	A. thomae
Binomial name
	Adaina thomae; (Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
	Leioptilus thomae Zeller, 1877;

Adaina thomae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Saint Thomas, Brazil,^[2] Hispaniola^[3] Mexico and Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults are white, with scattered black scales, forming somewhat larger dots at the middle of the wing before the notch, at the base of the notch, two on the costa of the first feather and two smaller bars at the base of the fringe of the second feather. The fringes are grey except on the tip of the second feather.^[4]

Adults have been recorded in February, July, August, October and December.

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[1] thphotographersgroup

[2] Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)

[4] Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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Adaina thomae

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