Lacera

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 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 <small>Cramer, [1780]</small>
• Lacera apicirupta <small>Carcasson, 1965</small>
• Lacera asinuosa <small>Holloway, 1979</small>
• Lacera azatothi <small>Zilli & Hogenes, in lit</small>
• Lacera contrasta <small>Holloway, 1979</small>
• Lacera nyarlathotepi <small>Zilli & Holloway, in lit</small>
• Lacera noctilio <small>Fabricius, 1794</small>
• Lacera procellosa <small>Butler, 1879</small>
• Lacera uniformis <small>Holloway, 1979</small>
• Lacera vinacea <small>Holloway, 1979</small>
• Lacera violacea <small>Holloway, 1979</small>

Former species

• Lacera capella <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
• Lacera sublineata <small>Walker, 1865</small> (Daddala)

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