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Adaina excreta

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Adaina excreta is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador.

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Quick facts about Adaina excreta

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Adaina excreta live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Adaina excreta is listed for 5 countries.

ArgentinaBrazilPeruVenezuelaEcuador
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Brazil
  3. Ecuador
  4. Peru
  5. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Adaina excreta endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Adaina excreta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAdaina
  7. SpeciesAdaina excreta Meyrick, 1930

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Adaina excreta

Other species in the same genus Adaina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Adaina excreta live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Adaina excreta for 5 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Adaina excreta?

Adaina excreta (Adaina excreta) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Adaina excreta (Adaina excreta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/adaina-excreta

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“Adaina excreta (Adaina excreta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/adaina-excreta.

BibTeX
@misc{adaina_excreta_2026,
  title = {Adaina excreta (Adaina excreta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/adaina-excreta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}