Acraga_sororcula

<i>Dalcerides sofia</i>

Dalcerides sofia

Species of moth

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.

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The length of the forewings is 6–9 mm for males and 9–11 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on an unidentified orchid species.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Dalceridae genus list
  2. [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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