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Acraga citrinopsis

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Acraga citrinopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. citrinopsis
Binomial name
Acraga citrinopsis
(Dyar, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Anacraga citrinopsis Dyar, 1927

Acraga citrinopsis is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane moist, subtropical moist and warm temperate moist or dry forests.

The length of the forewings is 8–10 mm for males and 14 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Ricinus communis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153(4): 1–495. Full Article: [1]