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.
Lacera alope Cramer, Lacera apicirupta Carcasson, 1965Lacera asinuosa Holloway, 1979Lacera azatothi Zilli & Hogenes, in litLacera contrasta Holloway, 1979Lacera nyarlathotepi Zilli & Holloway, in litLacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794Lacera procellosa Butler, 1879Lacera uniformis Holloway, 1979Lacera vinacea Holloway, 1979Lacera violacea Holloway, 1979
Former species
Lacera capella Guenée, 1852Lacera sublineata Walker, 1865