''Eucraera magna'' is a species of

Lasiocampidae The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...

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 ...

, it is known from

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

and

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

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Taxonomy

Some authors also count ''

Eucraera minor ''Eucraera'' is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was first described by Tams in 1930. Species *''Eucraera aphrasta'' Tams, 1936 *''Eucraera decora'' (Fawcett, 1915) *''Eucraera gemmata ''Eucraera'' is a genus of moths i ...

'' (Gaede, 1915) as a synonym of ''Eucraera magna''.

References

*Aurivillius 1909a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 9. - Arkiv för Zoologi 5(5):1–29

External links

Africanmoths: pictures of ''Eucraera magna''Picture on Flickr
Lasiocampidae Moths described in 1909 Moths of Africa {{Lasiocampidae-stub