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Acraga concolor

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Acraga concolor
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A. concolor
Binomial name
Acraga concolor
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Limacodes concolor Walker, 1865

Acraga concolor is a moth of the Dalceridae family. It is found in Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, northern Brazil (Amazon Basin), Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical wet, tropical premontane rain, tropical premontane wet and subtropical moist forests.

The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm. Adults are light yellow, but the dorsal forewings are darker than 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]