Minacragides arnacis
| Minacragides arnacis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Dalceridae |
| Genus: | Minacragides |
| Species: | M. arnacis |
| Binomial name | |
| Minacragides arnacis Dyar, 1909 | |
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Minacragides arnacis is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1909.[1] It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Peru. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical premontane wet, and tropical premontane moist forests.
The length of the forewings is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from February to August and November to December.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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: