Aegocera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
| Aegocera | |
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| Aegocera venulia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
| Genus: | Aegocera Latreille, 1809 |
Description
editPalpi with second joint clothed with long hair. Antennae strongly dilated distally. Forewings with veins 3, 4, and 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
edit- Aegocera anthina Jordan, 1926
- Aegocera bettsi Wiltshire, 1988
- Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901
- Aegocera bimacula Walker, 1854
- Aegocera ferrugo Jordan, 1926
- Aegocera fervida (Walker, 1854)
- Aegocera geometrica Hampson, 1910
- Aegocera humphreyi (Hampson, 1911)
- Aegocera jordani Kiriakoff, 1955
- Aegocera menete (Cramer, 1775)
- Aegocera naveli Le Cerf, 1922
- Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893
- Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
- Aegocera tigrina (Druce, 1882)
- Aegocera tricolora Bethune-Baker, 1909
- Aegocera tripartita Kirby, 1880
- Aegocera venulia Cramer, [1777]
References
edit- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Aegocera Latreille, 1809". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Aegocera Latreille, 1809". Afromoths. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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