Biology:Adaina microdactyla

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Adaina microdactyla
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. microdactyla
Binomial name
Adaina microdactyla
(Hübner, 1813) [1]
Synonyms

Adaina microdactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. Also known as the hemp-agrimony plume, it is found in Africa, Asia and Europe.

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. The forewings are whitish yellowish, sprinkled with blackish. There is a dot in disc at ​13, a mark at base of fissure and a distinct mark on costa beyond the fissure, a less distinct one towards apex, and some blackish indistinct dots on margins of segments. The hindwings are grey. The flesh-colour larva has a slightly paler dorsal line and numerous rough points on the dorsum. The head is pale yellowish-brown.[2]

Adults are on wing in May and June and again in August in two generations in western Europe.[3]

larval feeding signs on Eupatorium cannabinum
larva

The larvae feed on hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Indian camphorweed (Pluchea indica), European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea) and Brassica species.[4] There are two broods, one which bores in stems and produces galls, the other feeding in flowers, although flower feeding has not been recently confirmed.[5]

Distribution

It has a wide distribution and is known from the Palearctic realm (from Europe to Korea, Japan and China ), Asia Minor, Iran, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, the Philippines , Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is also found in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar .

References

  1. On a collection of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. Kimber, Ian. "Adaina microdactyla (Hübner, [1813)"]. https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/adaina-microdactyla/. Retrieved 20 August 2020. 
  4. Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History 44 (23–24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006. 
  5. Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4678432 entry