Acraga obscura
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Dalceridae |
Genus: | Acraga |
Species: | A. obscura
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Binomial name | |
Acraga obscura (Schaus, 1896)
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Acraga obscura is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in southern Brazil and Uruguay. The habitat consists of warm temperate moist, subtropical wet and subtropical moist forests.
Description
The length of the forewings is 9–12 mm. The forewings are dark to golden brown and the hindwings are golden brown (lighter than the forewings). Adults are on wing in January, March, from May to July, in October and December.[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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