Biology:Lacera
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Lacera | |
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| Lacera alope | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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]
Species
- Lacera alope Cramer, [1780]
- Lacera apicirupta Carcasson, 1965
- Lacera asinuosa Holloway, 1979
- Lacera azatothi Zilli & Hogenes, in lit
- Lacera contrasta Holloway, 1979
- Lacera nyarlathotepi Zilli & Holloway, in lit
- Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
- Lacera procellosa Butler, 1879
- Lacera uniformis Holloway, 1979
- Lacera vinacea Holloway, 1979
- Lacera violacea Holloway, 1979
Former species
- Lacera capella Guenée, 1852
- Lacera sublineata Walker, 1865 (Daddala)
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lacera Guenee 1852". Taxapad. http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85985780.
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180400#page/5/mode/1up.
External links
- Savela, Markku. "Lacera Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/catocalinae/lacera/.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS.
- Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Lacera Guenée". http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/hulodini/hulodini_2.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q6468214 entry
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