Dalcera haywardi

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Dalcera haywardi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Dalcera
Species:
D. haywardi
Binomial name
Dalcera haywardi
Orfila, 1961

Dalcera haywardi is a moth in the family Dalceridae. [1] It is found in northern Argentina. The habitat probably consists of warm temperate moist forests.

The wingspan is 34–38 mm. Adults are very similar to Dalcera abrasa , but with a scarlet spot in the anal area of the forewings. Adults have been recorded on wing in October. [2]

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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 leberna is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Druce in 1890. It is found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.

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

Dalcerides sofia is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910. It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane wet, subtropical moist, subtropical dry and warm temperate wet forests.

Acraga conda is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911. It is found in the Guianas.

Dalcerides dulciola is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. 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.

Dalcerides rebella is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Schaus in 1911. It is found in Costa Rica and Ecuador. The habitat consists of tropical wet and premontane wet forests.

Dalcerides ingenita is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1882. It is found in the US from southeastern Arizona, north through the mountains to Flagstaff. It is also found in southwestern Texas and Mexico. The habitat consists of subtropical moist, subtropical dry, warm temperate moist and warm temperate dry forests, as well as warm temperate thorn steppe.

<i>Dalcera abrasa</i> Species of moth

Dalcera abrasa is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, tropical lower montane moist, subtropical moist, subtropical lower montane moist, warm temperate moist and warm temperate dry forests.

Dalcera canescens is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It is found in Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil and Peru.

Dalcera semirufa is a moth in the family Dalceridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found on the western slopes of the Andes Mountains in Colombia. The habitat consists of tropical wet and tropical rain forests.

Paracraga amianta is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1909. It is found in Guyana. The habitat consists of tropical moist forests.

Paracraga halophora is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1928. It is found in Brazil and southern Peru.

Paracraga canalicula is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1910. It is found in Colombia and Peru. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist and tropical premontane wet forests.

Paracraga necoda is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1901. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Minacraga similis is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by S.E. Miller in 1994. It is found in southern Venezuela and probably adjacent northern Brazil.

References

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