Biology:Adaina

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Short description: Plume moth genus

Adaina
Adaina atahualpa.JPG
Adaina atahualpa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oidaematophorini
Genus: Adaina
Tutt, 1905[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Paravinculia Cåpuse, 1987

Adaina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. The genus was erected in 1905 by J. W. Tutt.[1] Several of its species have gall-inducing larvae, such as Adaina primulacea, of which the larvae induce stem galls on Chromolaena odorata,[2] and Adaina microdactyla, which induces stem galls on Eupatorium cannabinum.[3]

Species

(As of May 2023), the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following 42 species for genus Adaina:[1]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q4678411 entry