Acraga conda
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Dalceridae |
Genus: | Acraga |
Species: | A. conda
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Binomial name | |
Acraga conda Dyar, 1911
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Acraga conda is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911.[1] It is found in the Guianas.
Adults are similar to Acraga ochracea, but have a somewhat more diversified ground colour, the orange seeming to be overspread upon a yellow ground and more intense on the inner margin.[2]
Taxonomy
Acraga conda is part of the Acraga infusa species complex.[3]
References
- ^ Dalceridae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
- ^ Notes on the family Dalceridae
- ^ 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]