Acraga melinda
Acraga melinda is a moth of the family Dalceridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1898. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. The habitat consists of tropical premontane wet and rain forests where it is found at altitudes above 600 meters.
| Acraga melinda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Dalceridae |
| Genus: | Acraga |
| Species: | A. melinda |
| Binomial name | |
| Acraga melinda (H. Druce, 1898) | |
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The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm for males and 20–23 mm for females. Adults are orange yellow, the hindwings lighter than the forewings. Adults are on wing from February to March, from May to September and in December.[1]
References
- Miller, S. E. (1994). "Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 153 (4): 1-495.
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