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Paracraga halophora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Dalceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Paracraga

Paracraga halophora is a moth in the Dalceridae family. It was described by Dyar in 1928. It is found in Brazil and southern Peru. The habitat consists of tropical moist, tropical premontane wet and subtropical wet forests.

The length of the forewings is 11–13 mm for males and 16 mm for females. The forewings are white with a rusty tinge. The ovate is large and silver and surrounded by a very narrow brown line running from the anal angle around the apex of the cell and back to the lower margin of the cell. There are brown dots on the veins on the outer margin and a brown dot near the base. The hindwings are white. Adults are on wing in from March to June, in November and December.

References

Paracraga halophora Wikipedia