Dalaca

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Dalaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Dalaca
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • Huapina Bryk, 1945
  • Maculella Viette, 1950
  • Toenga Tindale, 1954

Dalaca is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 23 described species found throughout South America as far north as Panama. The larvae feed on grasses.

Species

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  • Dalaca chilensis - Chile
  • Dalaca chiriquensis - Panama
  • Dalaca cocama - Peru
  • Dalaca crocatus - Chile
  • Dalaca cuprifera - Peru
  • Dalaca guarani - Brazil
  • Dalaca katharinae - Brazil
  • Dalaca laminata - Chile
  • Dalaca manoa - Colombia
  • Dalaca mummia - Brazil
  • Dalaca niepelti - Ecuador
  • Dalaca nigricornis - Chile
  • Dalaca obliquestrigata - Peru
  • Dalaca pallens - Chile
  • Dalaca parafuscus - Chile
  • Dalaca patriciae - Argentina
  • Dalaca perkeo - Colombia
  • Dalaca postvariabilis - Argentina
  • Dalaca quadricornis - Argentina
  • Dalaca stigmatica - Paraguay
  • Dalaca usaque - Colombia
  • Dalaca variabilis - Chile
  • Dalaca vibicata - Ecuador

Former species

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  • Dalaca tapuja
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