''Lacera'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...

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 ear ...

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

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Lacera alope ''Lacera alope'', the toothed drab, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Africa, where it is known from southern and eastern Africa, including several islands of the Indian Oc ...

'' Cramer,

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Lacera apicirupta ''Lacera apicirupta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Uganda. References

Moths described in 1965 Lacera {{Hulodini-stub ...

'' Carcasson, 1965 * '' Lacera asinuosa'' Holloway, 1979 * ''

Lacera azatothi ''Lacera azatothi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with ...

'' Zilli & Hogenes, in lit * ''

Lacera contrasta ''Lacera contrasta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zeala ...

'' Holloway, 1979 * ''

Lacera nyarlathotepi ''Lacera nyarlathotepi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 w ...

'' Zilli & Holloway, in lit * ''

Lacera noctilio ''Lacera noctilio'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, where it is known from Malawi and La Réunion and southern Asia, Australia and several Pacific islands (Samoa, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Marianas and Carolines). Larva ...

'' Fabricius, 1794 * ''

Lacera procellosa ''Lacera procellosa'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Japan and the Oriental tropics (China (Tibet, Qinghai), Korea, India (Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan) to the Philippines ( ...

'' Butler, 1879 * ''

Lacera uniformis ''Lacera uniformis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indian subcontinent and Sundaland, east to Queensland and Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia loc ...

'' Holloway, 1979 * ''

Lacera vinacea ''Lacera vinacea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, i ...

'' Holloway, 1979 * ''

Lacera violacea ''Lacera violacea'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the New Hebrides and Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipel ...

'' Holloway, 1979

Former species

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Lacera capella ''Lacera noctilio'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, where it is known from Malawi and La Réunion and southern Asia, Australia and several Pacific islands (Samoa, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Marianas and Carolines). Larva ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Lacera sublineata ''Lacera'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head and short third joint. Antennae of male minutely ciliated. Thorax and abdomen clothed ...

'' Walker, 1865 (''

Daddala ''Daddala'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 ...

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References

External links

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