Aegocera

Aegocera
Aegocera venulia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Aegocera
Latreille, 1809

Aegocera is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Description

Palpi with second joint clothed with long hair. Antennae strongly dilated distally. Forewings with veins 3,4,5 from close to angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. Veins 9 and 10 anastomosing with 7 and 8 to form areole. Hindwings lack vein 5.[1]

Species

References

  1. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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