Acraga citrina

Acraga citrina is a moth of the family Dalceridae. It is found in Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and northern Brazil. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane moist and tropical premontane dry forests.

Acraga citrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. citrina
Binomial name
Acraga citrina
(Schaus, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Dalcera citrina Schaus, 1896
  • Epipinconia citrina
  • Anacraga citrina
  • Anacraga albescens Hopp, 1928

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm for males and 14–15 mm for females. Adults are whitish with a yellow tinge and with whitish hindwings. Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Melicoccus bijugatus, Ricinus species (including Ricinus communis) and Terminalia catappa.[1]

References
  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:


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