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Dalcerides dulciola

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Dalcerides dulciola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Dalcerides
Species:
D. dulciola
Binomial name
Dalcerides dulciola
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacraga dulciola Dyar, 1914
  • Acraga dulciola

Dalcerides dulciola is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1] It is found in southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, northern Ecuador and northern Venezuela. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet and tropical premontane rain forests.

The length of the forewings is 6–9 mm. Adults are on wing year round.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dalceridae genus listArchived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
  2. ^ Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153(4): 1–495.