''Borocera'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Jean Baptiste Boisduval
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician.
He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société ento ...
in 1833.
Species
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Borocera attenuata''
(Kenrick, 1914)
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Borocera aurantiaca''
Viette, 1962
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Borocera cajani''
Vinson, 1863
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Borocera madagascariensis''
Boisduval, 1833
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Borocera madinyka''
Conte, 1909
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Borocera marginepunctata''
Guérin-Méneville, 1844
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Borocera mimus''
De Lajonquière, 1973
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Borocera nigricornis''
De Lajonquière, 1973
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Borocera regius''
De Lajonquière, 1973
External links
Lasiocampidae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval
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