Acraga moorei Dyar, 1898 is a animal in the Dalceridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Acraga moorei Dyar, 1898

Acraga moorei Dyar, 1898

Acraga moorei, the tangerine furry-legs, is a Dalceridae moth found in South America, with larvae feeding on two plant species.

Family
Genus
Acraga
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Acraga moorei Dyar, 1898

Acraga moorei, commonly called the tangerine furry-legs, is a moth species that belongs to the Dalceridae family. This moth is distributed across Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. The larvae of Acraga moorei feed on Eriobotrya japonica and Coffea arabica.

Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Dalceridae Acraga

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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