Lophocera

Lophocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Pyralinae
Genus: Lophocera
Kenrick, 1917

Lophocera is a genus of snout moths described by George Hamilton Kenrick in 1917.

Palpi are upturned, the third joint well developed and acute, proboscis present; antennae pectinated (comb like) in the male, with a bunch in the middle.

The species of this genus are all known only from Madagascar. The forewings are brown blackish with a yellow spot in the cell. Hindwing orange yellow, bordered blackish.

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