Acraga infusa

Acraga infusa, the yellow furry-legs, is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Acraga infusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. infusa
Binomial name
Acraga infusa
Schaus, 1905

Acraga infusa may represent one variable species, but could also represent a species complex of closely related species. All specimens are entirely orange, but varying considerably in size and somewhat in apparent wing shape and colour tone.[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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