Dalcera | |
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Dalcera abrasa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Dalceridae |
Subfamily: | Dalcerinae |
Genus: | Dalcera Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 |
Dalcera is a genus of moths of the family Dalceridae with four Neotropical species. The larva of one species, D. abrasa, is a pest of coffee.
Species
[edit]- Dalcera abrasa
- Recorded food plants: Coffea, Eremanthus glomerulatus, Erythroxylum deciduum, Metrodorea pubescens, Ouratea hexasperma, Pouteria ramiflora, Qualea parviflora
- Dalcera canescens
- Dalcera haywardi
- Dalcera semirufa
References
[edit]- Dalcera at Tolweb
- Dalcera at HOSTS Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine