Kingdom Animalia Family Dalceridae Genus Dalcerides Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
Similar Dalceridae, Butterflies and moths, Thermonectus marmoratus, Acraga coa, Thermonectus | ||
Dalcerides ingenita is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Edwards in 1882. It is found in from south-eastern Arizona, north through the mountains to Flagstaff. It is also found in south-western Texas and Mexico. The habitat consists of subtropical moist, subtropical dry, warm temperate moist and warm temperate dry forests, as well as warm temperate thorn steppe.
The length of the forewings is 9–13 mm for males and 12–16 mm for females. Adults are orange, although the hindwings are sometimes slightly richer in colour than the forewings. Adults are on wing from late April to September in Arizona and from July to December in Mexico. In Arizona Dalcerides ingenita, along with the similar geometrid Eubaphe unicolor, is part of a mimetic complex modeled on Lycus loripes and Lycus simulans.
The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos pungens, Quercus emoryi and Quercus oblongifolia.