Paracraga pulverina

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Paracraga pulverina
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P. pulverina
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Paracraga pulverina
Schaus, 1920

Paracraga pulverina is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Schaus in 1920. [1] It is found in Guatemala. The habitat probably consists of tropical moist forests.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. 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.

William Schaus was an American entomologist who became known for his major contribution to the knowledge and description of new species of the Neotropical Lepidoptera.

The length of the forewings is 8 mm. Adults are similar to Paracraga argentea , but smaller and without silvering inside the brown forewing ovate outline. Adults have been recorded on wing in June. [2]

Paracraga argentea is a moth in the family Dalceridae. 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.

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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: