Paracraga

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Paracraga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Dalceridae
Genus:
Paracraga

Dyar, 1905

Paracraga is a genus of moths of the family Dalceridae. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Dalceridae family of insects

The Dalceridae are a small family of zygaenoid moths with some 80 known species encompassing about one dozen genera mostly found in the Neotropical region with a few reaching the far south of the Nearctic region.

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Species

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

Paracraga argentea is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Schaus in 1910. It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, subtropical wet subtropical moist forests.

Paracraga canalicula is a moth in the Dalceridae family. 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.

Former species

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