MOTHS OF BELIZE
SPECIES LISTS BY FAMILY
5. Dalceridae
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The Dalceridae are a small family of some 84 species confined to the
New World tropics. Like the Limacodidae and Megalopygidae the adult moths
are small to medium-sized with broad, rounded wings and short, fat hairy
abdomens. This family is distinguished from the other two by various
technical features of which the gelatinous tubercles covering the slug-like
larva are probably the most obvious. This family has been completely revised
and all adults and genitalia illustrated by Miller (1994). In addition to the
single species which I have captured so far in Belize, Miller (1994) lists
the species Paracraga argentea Schaus and Dalcerides alba Druce as
specifically from Belize and the further species Dalcerides chirma
Schaus ; Dalcerides dulciola Dyar ; Dalcerides mesoa Druce and
Paracraga pulverina Schaus as having ranges which include Mexico,
Guatemala and/or Honduras and may be found in Belize in the future.
I have collected only one species of this family in Belize to date, as listed below -
please click on the species name to go to a colour
illustration of the adult and brief information on
the species.
Acraga coa Schaus 1892.
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