''Cresera'' 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
moths
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 ...
in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. The genus was described by Schaus in 1894.
Species
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Cresera affinis''
(Rothschild, 1909)
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Cresera annulata''
Schaus, 1894
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Cresera espiritosantensis''
Rego Barros, 1958
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Cresera hieroglyphica''
(Schaus, 1905)
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Cresera ilioides''
(Schaus, 1905)
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Cresera ilus''
(Cramer, 776
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Cresera intensa''
(Rothschild, 1909)
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Cresera ockendeni''
(Rothschild, 1909)
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Cresera optima
''Cresera optima'' is a moth of the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Amazon basin, Amazonas, Ecuador and Colombia.
References
Moths described in ...
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(Butler, 1877)
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Cresera silvestrii''
Travassos, 1956
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Cresera similis''
(Rothschild, 1909)
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Cresera tinguaensis''
Rego Barros, 1957
References
External links
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*Oliveira Emery, Eduardo de. (April 18, 2006)
"O gênero neotropical ''Cresera'' (Lepidoptera, Arctiinae, Phaegopterini)"
Phaegopterina
Moth genera
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