Acraga concolor

Acraga concolor is a moth from the family Dalceridae. It is found in Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, northern Brazil (Amazon Basin), Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical wet, tropical premontane rain, tropical premontane wet and subtropical moist forests.

Acraga concolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. concolor
Binomial name
Acraga concolor
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Limacodes concolor Walker, 1865

The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm. Adults are light yellow, but the dorsal forewings are darker than the hindwings. Adults are on wing year-round.[1]

References

  1. Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153(4): 1–495. Full Article:


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