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Pterophoridae 63a0159 – 6158.1   Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929              Siam Weed Stem-galler

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Distribution: Broward County, FL, Trop. Lepid. Res., 19(2): 64-70. Description/ Field Marks: See Trop. Lepid. Res., 19(2): 64-70. Genitalia: See Trop. Lepid. Res., 19(2): 64-70. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: primulacea Meyrick 1929 (Adaina); Type locality: Toboga Island, Panama Taxonomic Notes: Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929 is now recognized within the North American fauna north of Mexico from Florida, Trop. Lepid. Res., 19(2): 64-70.

References

Matthews, D.L., & B.V. Maharajh, 2009. Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: a gall-inducing plume moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and the neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 19(2): 64-70. Meyrick, E., 1929. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 76: 507.

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