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Minacragides arnacis

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Minacragides arnacis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Minacragides
Species:
M. arnacis
Binomial name
Minacragides arnacis
Dyar, 1909
Synonyms
  • Ca restricta Schaus, 1940

Minacragides arnacis is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1909.[1] It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Peru. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical premontane wet and tropical premontane moist forests.

The length of the forewings is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from February to August and November to December.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dalceridae genus list 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. Full Article: [1]