Paracraga halophora
Paracraga halophora is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1928.[1] It is found in Brazil and southern Peru. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical premontane wet and subtropical wet forests.
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The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm for males and 16 mm for females. The forewings are white with a rusty tinge. The ovate is large and silver and surrounded by a very narrow brown line running from the anal angle around the apex of the cell and back to the lower margin of the cell. There are brown dots on the veins on the outer margin and a brown dot near the base. The hindwings are white. Adults are on wing in from March to June, in November and December.[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. Full Article:
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