Paracraga argentea is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It was described by Schaus in 1910.[1] It is found in Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, subtropical wet subtropical moist forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Dalceridae |
| Genus: | Paracraga |
| Species: | P. argentea
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| Paracraga argentea Schaus, 1910
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The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing year-round.
The larvae feed on Bucida buceras, Adelia triloba, Prunus cerasifera, Trema micrantha and Uncaria tomentosa.[2]
References
edit- ^ Dalceridae genus list
- ^ 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]