''Lophocera'' is a genus of
snout moths described by
George Hamilton Kenrick
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, FRES (29 January 1850 – 28 May 1939) was an England, English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially those of New Guinea. He was a prominent liberal educatio ...
in 1917.
Palpi are upturned, the third joint well developed and acute, proboscis present; antennae pectinated (comb like) in the male, with a bunch in the middle.
The species of this genus are all known only from
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) Retrieved 5 June 2017)
/ref> The forewings are brown blackish with a yellow spot in the cell. Hindwing orange yellow, bordered blackish.
Species
* '' Lophocera flavifusalis'' Marion & Viette, 1956
* ''Lophocera flavipuncta
''Lophocera flavipuncta'' is a species of Pyralidae, snout moth in the genus ''Lophocera''. It was described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917 and is known from Madagascar.
This species has a wingspan of 30–34 mm.
References
Moth ...
'' Kenrick, 1917
* '' Lophocera vadonalis'' Marion & Viette, 1956
References
Pyralinae
Pyralidae genera
Taxa named by George Hamilton Kenrick
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