Dalcerides flavetta
| Dalcerides flavetta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Dalceridae |
| Genus: | Dalcerides |
| Species: | D. flavetta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dalcerides flavetta (Schaus, 1905) | |
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Dalcerides flavetta is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905.[1] It is found in Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, subtropical moist and tropical dry forests.
The length of the forewings is 7–8.5 mm for males and 10 mm for females. Adults are yellow-orange, with the forewing veins and dorsal body slightly darker. Adults are on wing year-round.[2]
References
- ↑ Dalceridae genus list
- ↑ 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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