Acraga amazonica

Acraga amazonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Dalceridae
Genus:	Acraga
Species:	A. amazonica
Binomial name
	Acraga amazonica; Miller, 1994

Acraga amazonica is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in northern Brazil (Amazon Basin). The habitat consists of tropical moist forests.

The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm. Adults are orange brown, the hindwings slightly paler than the forewings. Adults are on wing in February, from May to September and from November to December.

Etymology[]

The species name refers to the distribution in the Amazon Basin.^[1]

References[]

^ 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: [1]

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[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: [1]

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