Dalcera canescens

Dalcera canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Dalcera
Species: D. canescens
Binomial name
Dalcera canescens
Tams, 1926
Synonyms
  • Dalcera consanguinea Dyar, 1927

Dalcera canescens is a moth in the Dalceridae family.[1] It is found in Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil and Peru. The habitat consists of tropical moist and tropical premontane wet forests.

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm. The forewings are dirty orange with fuscous suffusion, especially toward the outer margin. The costa (except for a brown base) and inner margin are white. The hindwings are yellow-orange with a narrow outer dark fuscous border. Adults are on wing in April, July, September and from November to January.[2]

References

  1. Dalceridae genus list
  2. 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:


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