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