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Acraga ampela

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Dalceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Acraga

Acraga ampela is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Druce in 1890. It is found in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet and tropical lower montane wet forests.

The length of the forewings is 14–17 mm. The forewings are white, with brown suffusion from the base to the middle of the inner margin and with a brown spot at the apex. The hindwings are white with a brown anal angle. Adults are on wing year-round.

References

Acraga ampela Wikipedia