Adaina simplicius

Adaina simplicius is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States (including Mississippi[2] and Florida), Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay and Puerto Rico. It was introduced to South Africa for study as a biological control agent for Eupatorium macrocephalum.

Adaina simplicius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Adaina
Species:
A. simplicius
Binomial name
Adaina simplicius
(Grossbeck, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus simplicius Grossbeck, 1917
  • Adaina naiadopa Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The head is pale yellowish, tinged with brownish especially on the vertex. The thorax is pale straw yellow. The forewings are very pale straw yellow, the costa with a few brown scales, a small patch of similarly colored scales on the costa beyond the incision and another near the center of the wing at the incision. A few more brown scales are found on the inner edge of both lobes near the apex. The hindwings are smoky.[3]

The larvae feed on various composites, including Carphephorus odoratissimus, Carphephorus paniculatus, Conoclinium coelestinum and Pluchea odorata.[4] Larvae induce the formation of stem galls on their host plant, feeding and pupating within the galls.[5]

References
  1. "460153.00 – 6155.1 – Adaina simplicius – (Grossbeck, 1917)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  3. Insects of Florida
  4. "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  5. Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)


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