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Melanocera

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Melanocera is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Léon Sonthonnax in 1901.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySaturniidae

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Saturniidae
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taxon name
Melanocera
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Melanocera is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Léon Sonthonnax in 1901.

==Species== Melanocera dargei Terral, 1991 Melanocera menippe (Westwood, 1849) Melanocera nereis (Rothschild, 1898) Melanocera parva Rothschild, 1907 Melanocera pinheyi Lemaire & Rougeot, 1974 Melanocera pujoli Lemaire & Rougeot, 1974 Melanocera sufferti (Weymer, 1896) Melanocera widenti Terral & Darge, 1991

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