Lacera

<i>Lacera</i>

Lacera

Genus of moths

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Lacera is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

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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

Former species

References

  1. [1]
    Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lacera Guenee 1852". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  2. [2]
    Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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