Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Dalceridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Minacraga | |
Minacraga disconitens is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Schaus in 1905. It is found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, eastern Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, subtropical moist and warm temperate moist or dry forests.
The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm for males and 19–22 mm for females. The forewings are pale metallic buff, except the outer margin which is dull. There is a broad dark brown streak at the base of the inner margin and a dark fuscous dot at the end of the cell. There is also a subterminal wavy light brown line, followed by metallic buff spots and a dark brown shade along the margin. The hindwings are pale buff, the outer margin shaded with brown. Adults are on wing from February to August and October to December.
The larvae feed on Macadamia species.