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Dalaca
Sign in to saveDalaca 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 18
- Family
- Hepialidae
- Collections
- GMNH, MHNCA, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Paraguay
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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== 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
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