Lacera noctilio

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Lacera noctilio is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, where it is known from Malawi and La Réunion[2] and southern Asia, Australia and several Pacific islands (Samoa, New Caledonia, Tonga, the Marianas and Carolines[3]).

Lacera noctilio
Lacera noctilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Lacera
Species:
L. noctilio
Binomial name
Lacera noctilio
(Fabricius, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lacera capella Guenée, 1852
  • Noctua noctilio Fabricius, 1794

Larvae have mostly been recorded from Leguminosae (Caesalpinia), but also on Pisonia (Nyctaginaceae), Canthium (Rubiaceae) and Verbenaceae.

References

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  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Lacera noctilio (Fabricius 1794)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Afromoths
  3. ^ Moths of Borneo