Dalcerides sofia

Dalcerides sofia is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1910.[1] It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane wet, subtropical moist, subtropical dry and warm temperate wet forests.

Dalcerides sofia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Dalceridae
Genus:
Dalcerides
Species:
D. sofia
Binomial name
Dalcerides sofia
(Dyar, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Anacraga sofia Dyar, 1910
  • Acraga sofia
  • Anacraga sororcula Dyar, 1927
  • Acraga sororcula
  • Anacraga phasma Dyar, 1927
  • Acraga phasma

The length of the forewings is 6–9 mm for males and 9–11 mm for females. The forewings are cream colored with light brown suffusion, especially in the posterior half of the wing, as well as postmedially and subterminally. There is a large medium brown spot distal to upper half of the discal cell and a tuft of white scales distal to the lower half of the discal cell. The hindwings are white. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on an unidentified orchid species.[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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