Acraga conda

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Acraga conda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Dalceridae
Genus: Acraga
Species:
A. conda
Binomial name
Acraga conda
Dyar, 1911
Synonyms
  • Acraga ochracea var. conda Dyar, 1911

Acraga conda is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1911.[1] It is found in the Guianas.

Adults are similar to Acraga ochracea, but have a somewhat more diversified ground colour, the orange seeming to be overspread upon a yellow ground and more intense on the inner margin.[2]

Taxonomy[edit]

Acraga conda is part of the Acraga infusa species complex.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dalceridae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum
  2. ^ Notes on the family Dalceridae
  3. ^ 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]