Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Dalceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dalcerides | |
Dalcerides mesoa is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Druce in 1887. It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane rain, subtropical wet and subtropical dry forests.
The length of the forewings is 6–8 mm for males and 8–11 mm for females. The forewings are orange-yellow with a large brown spot covering most of the middle of the wing. The hindwings are yellow-orange. Adults are on wing year-round.
The larvae feed on Paullinia bracteosa.
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