Minacragides arnacis

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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.

Minacragides arnacis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Minacragides
Species:
M. arnacis
Binomial name
Minacragides arnacis
Dyar, 1909
Synonyms
  • Ca restricta Schaus, 1940

The length of the forewings is 8–9 mm. Adults are on wing from February to August and November to December.[2]

References

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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. Full Article: [1]