Dalcerina

Dalcerina tijucana is a moth in the family Dalceridae, and the only species in the genus Dalcerina. It was described by Schaus in 1892.[1] It is found in Panama, eastern Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Dalcerina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Dalceridae
Genus:
Dalcerina

Dyar, 1898
Species:
D. tijucana
Binomial name
Dalcerina tijucana
(Schaus, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Zadalcera Dyar, 1910
  • Dalcera tijucana Schaus, 1892
  • Dalmera fumata Schaus, 1894
  • Dalcera fumata
  • Zadalcera fumata
  • Zadalcera arhathodota Dyar, 1910
  • Zadalcera muncia Dyar, 1923
  • Zadalcera dierrhyeoa Dyar, 1923
  • Zadalcera dierrhoea

The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm for males and 20–24 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Citrus sinensis, Eucalyptus saligna and Ouratea species.[2]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  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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