Aegocera

Aegocera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.

Description

Palpi 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.

Species

Aegocera anthina Jordan, 1926Aegocera bettsi Wiltshire, 1988Aegocera brevivitta Hampson, 1901Aegocera bimacula Walker, 1854Aegocera ferrugo Jordan, 1926Aegocera fervida Aegocera geometrica Hampson, 1910Aegocera humphreyi Aegocera jordani Kiriakoff, 1955Aegocera menete Aegocera naveli Le Cerf, 1922Aegocera obliqua Mabille, 1893Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836Aegocera tigrina Aegocera tricolora Bethune-Baker, 1909Aegocera tripartita Kirby, 1880Aegocera venulia Cramer,