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.^[1]

Species

• 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

• 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.