Acraga andina

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Acraga andina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. andina
Binomial name
Acraga andina
Miller, 1994

Acraga andina is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in Andes Mountains of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist and probably tropical montane wet forests.

The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm for males and 19 mm for females. Adults are on wing in February, July and December. [1]

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References

  1. Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology153(4): 1–495. Full Article: