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Acraga coa

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Acraga coa
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A. coa
Binomial name
Acraga coa
(Schaus, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Pinconia coa Schaus, 1892
  • Acraga moribunda Schaus, 1920
  • Acraga canaquitam Dyar, 1925

Acraga coa is a moth of the Dalceridae family. It is found in southern Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane rain, tropical lower montane moist, subtropical wet, subtropical moist, subtropical dry and warm temperate wet forests.

The length of the forewings is 12–18 mm for males and 19–25 mm for females. The forewings are yellow-orange to red-brown, with yellow veins. The hindwings are yellow-orange and paler than the forewings. Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Terminalia, Coffea and Citrus species.[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]