Lacera

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Lacera
Lacera alope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Hulodini
Genus: Lacera
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852[1]

Lacera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description[edit]

Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and short third joint. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen clothed with coarse hairy. Tibia very heavily tufted with hair. Forewings with arched apex and somewhat acute. The outer margin angled at center. Cilia crenulate. Hindwings with crenulate cilia. Margin produced to slight points at veins 4 and 6. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first two pairs are aborted.[2]

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Former species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lacera Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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