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''Cerura'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Notodontidae Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, espe ...
described by
Franz von Paula Schrank Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named ...
in 1802.


Species

*'' Cerura australis'' Scott, 1864 *'' Cerura dayongi'' Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001 *'' Cerura delavoiei'' (Gaschet, 1876) *'' Cerura erminea'' (Esper, 1783) *'' Cerura felina'' Butler, 1877 *'' Cerura iberica'' (Ortiz & Templado, 1966) *'' Cerura kandyia'' Moore *'' Cerura liturata'' Walker, 1855 *'' Cerura malaysiana'' Holloway, 1982 *'' Cerura menciana'' Moore, 1877 *'' Cerura multipunctata'' Bethune-Baker, 1904 *'' Cerura priapus'' Schintlmeister, 1997 *'' Cerura przewalskyi'' (Alphéraky, 1882) *'' Cerura subrosea'' (Matsumura, 1927) *'' Cerura tattakana'' Matsumura, 1927 *'' Cerura thomasi'' Schintlmeister, 1993 *''
Cerura vinula ''Cerura vinula'', the puss moth (), is a lepidopteran from the family Notodontidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Subspecies Subspecies include: *''Cerura vinula benderi'' ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758)


References

Notodontidae Moth genera Taxa named by Franz von Paula Schrank {{Notodontidae-stub