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Acraga goes

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Acraga goes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. goes
Binomial name
Acraga goes
Schaus, 1910
Synonyms
  • Anacraga goes

Acraga goes is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Peru and Brazil. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist and subtropical dry forests.

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm for males and 14–16 mm for females. Adults are entirely light yellow, the forewing slightly darker than the hindwings. The costal margin of the hindwings is lighter than rest of 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: [1]