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, [1780]
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)