Dalcera abrasa

Dalcera abrasa

"Dalcera abrasa" is a moth in the family Dalceridae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. The habitat consists of tropical wet, tropical moist, tropical dry, tropical premontane wet, tropical premontane moist, tropical lower montane moist, subtropical moist, subtropical lower montane moist, warm temperate moist and warm temperate dry forests.
Like a broche Found this caterpillar on a leaf and wondering what could this be, it don't have legs but like a slug it uses a slimy substance. Dalcera abrasa,Geotagged,Summer,Suriname

Appearance

The length of the forewings is 15–20 mm for males and 20–26 mm for females. The forewings are light dirty orange with a yellow costal margin and with dark fuscous at the base. The hindwings are yellow-orange with a white fringe. Adults are on wing year-round.

Food

The larvae feed on "Coffea arabica", "Echinochloa polystachia", "Eucalyptus robusta" and "Spondias purpurea".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyDalceridae
GenusDalcera
SpeciesD. abrasa
Photographed in
Suriname