''Lacera'' 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 ...

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

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'') ...

first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

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.

Species

* '' Lacera alope'' Cramer,

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/small> * '' 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 (''

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'')

References

External links

* * * Hulodini Moth genera {{Hulodini-stub