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Dalcerina tijucana

Synonyms: Dalcera tijucana

Wikipedia Abstract

Dalcerina tijucana is a moth in the Dalceridae family, and the only species in the genus Dalcerina. It was described by Schaus in 1892. It is found in Brazil, eastern Peru, Paraguay and northern Argentina. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical premontane moist, subtropical wet, subtropical moist, subtropical dry, subtropical lower montane moist and warm temperate moist forests. The larvae feed on Citrus sinensis, Eucalyptus saligna and Ouratea species.
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Prey / Diet

Pouteria ramiflora[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0