Adaina bipunctatus

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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| taxon = Adaina bipunctatus

| authority = (Möschler, 1890)

| synonyms = *Pterophorus bipunctatus Möschler, 1890

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Adaina bipunctatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the United States (including Florida and Mississippi{{cite journal |last=Matthews |first=D. L. |date=2010 |url=http://www.plumemoth.com/MatherSLS.pdf |title=Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) |journal=Southern Lepidopterists' News |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=50–55}}), the Caribbean (Trinidad,[http://www.plumemoth.com/Adaina.pdf Adaina primulacea Meyrick, 1929: A Gall-Inducing Plume Moth of Siam Weed from South Florida and The Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)] Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guadeloupe) and South America (Brazil and Ecuador).

The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm. Adults are entirely pale yellowish white, although the head is touched with pale brownish above and on the front. The forewings have a few brown scales and several brown spots. The fringes are slightly tinged with grey, as are the hindwings and their fringes.[https://archive.org/stream/contributionston414barn/contributionston414barn_djvu.txt Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America]{{PD-notice}}

Adults are on wing from January to May, August and December; in Florida they have been recorded from the end of March to the end of June and again from mid-August to mid-December.

The larvae feed on Conoclinium coelestinum, Carphephorus paniculatus, Carphephorus odoratissimus, Pluchea rosea, Eupatorium cannabinum, and many others.