Dalcerides dulciola

Dalcerides dulciola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Dalceridae
Genus:	Dalcerides
Species:	D. dulciola
Binomial name
	Dalcerides dulciola; (Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
	Anacraga dulciola Dyar, 1914; Acraga dulciola;

Dalcerides dulciola is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1] It is found in southern Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, northern Ecuador and northern Venezuela. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet and tropical premontane rain forests.

The length of the forewings is 6–9 mm. The forewings are brown with a yellowish patch from the base along the inner margin, not reaching the anal angle. The hindwings are yellowish brown, shading to brown on the margins. Adults are on wing year round.[2]

References

Dalceridae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
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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[1] Dalceridae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

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