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Adaina costarica

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Adaina costarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. costarica
Binomial name
Adaina costarica
Gielis, 1992

Adaina costarica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in).

Adults have been recorded in July.[2]

Etymology

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The species is named after the country of its discovery.

References

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  1. ^ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.