Acraga philetera

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Acraga philetera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. philetera
Binomial name
Acraga philetera
(Schaus, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Anacraga phileteraSchaus, 1910

Acraga philetera is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Schaus in 1910. [1] It is found in Costa Rica. [2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The body is orange and the forewings are orange, darkest on the inner margin. The hindwings are orange with the costal margin broadly whitish yellow. The underside is paler. [3]

Taxonomy

Acraga conda is part of the Acraga infusa species complex. [4]

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Acraga boliviana is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Walter Hopp in 1921. It is found in Bolivia and western Brazil. The habitat consists of subtropical moist forests.

Acraga isothea is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1914. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The habitat consists of tropical premontane wet and rain forests.

Acraga leberna is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Druce in 1890. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist and tropical premontane wet forests.

Acraga umbrifera is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana. The habitat consists of tropical moist forests.

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Acraga parana is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by S.E. Miller in 1994. It is found in southern Brazil and Paraguay. The habitat consists of subtropical wet, subtropical moist and warm temperate moist forests.

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References

  1. Dalceridae genus list
  2. BOLD Systems
  3. XLIV.—New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica—II
  4. Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology153(4): 1-495. Full Article: