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Dalcerina

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Dalcerina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Dalcerina
Dyar, 1898
Species:
D. tijucana
Binomial name
Dalcerina tijucana
(Schaus, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Zadalcera Dyar, 1910
  • Dalcera tijucana Schaus, 1892
  • Dalmera fumata Schaus, 1894
  • Dalcera fumata
  • Zadalcera fumata
  • Zadalcera arhathodota Dyar, 1910
  • Zadalcera muncia Dyar, 1923
  • Zadalcera dierrhyeoa Dyar, 1923
  • Zadalcera dierrhoea

Dalcerina tijucana is a moth in the family Dalceridae, and the only species in the genus Dalcerina. It was described by Schaus in 1892.[1] It is found in Panama, eastern Peru, Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

The length of the forewings is 14–20 mm for males and 20–24 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Citrus sinensis, Eucalyptus saligna and Ouratea species.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Miller, S.E., 1994: Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153(4): 1-495. Full Article: [1]