Dalcera abrasa
Appearance
Dalcera abrasa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Dalceridae |
Genus: | Dalcera |
Species: | D. abrasa
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Binomial name | |
Dalcera abrasa Herrich-Schaffer, 1854
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Dalcera abrasa is a moth in the family Dalceridae.[1] It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
The larvae feed on Coffea arabica, Echinochloa polystachia, Eucalyptus robusta and Spondias purpurea.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Dalceridae genus list[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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]