Poole, Karen E.
Aegocera
Sign in to saveAegocera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Collections
- FMNH
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, India, MéXico, Indonesia
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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.
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