Dalcerides alba

Dalcerides alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Dalceridae
Genus:	Dalcerides
Species:	D. alba
Binomial name
	Dalcerides alba; (H. Druce, 1887)
Synonyms
	Dalcera alba H. Druce, 1887; Acraga caretta Dyar, 1910;

Dalcerides alba is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1887.[1] It is found in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical lower montane wet or moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, subtropical wet and subtropical moist forests.

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm for males and 13–16 mm for females. The forewings are white with brown submarginal shading, well developed near the anal angle, becoming faint and finally lost toward the apex. The hindwings are white with a brown anal angle. Adults are on wing year round.

The larvae feed on Colubrina species.[2]

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Dalceridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Miller, S. E. (1994). "Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 153 (4): 1-495.

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[1] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Dalceridae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

[2] Miller, S. E. (1994). "Systematics of the Neotropical moth family Dalceridae (Lepidoptera)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 153 (4): 1-495.