Paracraga argentea

Paracraga argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Dalceridae
Genus:	Paracraga
Species:	P. argentea
Binomial name
	Paracraga argentea; Schaus, 1910
Synonyms
	Minacraga argenteaSchaus, 1910; Paracraga cyclopheraDyar, 1914;

Last updated August 03, 2025

Paracraga argentea is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Schaus in 1910.^[1] 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.

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Bucida buceras , Adelia triloba , Prunus cerasifera , Trema micrantha and Uncaria tomentosa .^[2]

References

↑ "Dalceridae genus list". Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
↑ Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology153(4): 1–495. Full Article:

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[1] "Dalceridae genus list". Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2015-03-11.

[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:

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