Adaina cinerascens is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America

North America

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 (including California

California

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, Nevada

Nevada

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, Utah

Utah

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, Alberta

Alberta

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 and British Columbia

British Columbia

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The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is about 19 mm. The head is slightly ochreous and the antennae are pubescent, pale ochreous. The thorax is whitish, especially in front, where two indistinct dark lines run forward to the head. The abdomen is pale ochreous and the legs are whitish, the fore and middle pairs tinged with brown on the inner side. The forewings are very pale ochreous, dusted thickly with brownish, forming a large spot before the base of the fissure. There is a subcostal spot before the middle and two small costal spots on the outer half of the first lobe. The fringes below the apex of first lobe and on the apex of the second lobe are dark brown. They are pale subochreous within the fissure, with a brownish spot on the hind margin. The hindwings and fringes are pale cinereous and the underside is pale brownish.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Balsamorhiza sagittata

Balsamorhiza sagittata

Balsamorhiza sagittata is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe of the plant family Asteraceae known by the common name arrowleaf balsamroot. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to the Dakotas, where it grows in many types of habitat from...

. They are found on the underside of the leaves of their host plant.