Ancara
| Ancara | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acronictinae |
| Genus: | Walker, 1858 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ancara is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Species are found in India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, and Borneo.[1][2]
Description
It is similar to the genus Euplexia, but differs from second joint of palpi reaching vertex of head and long third joint.[3]
Species
- Ancara anaemica Hampson, 1908
- Ancara conformis Warren, 1911
- Ancara consimilis Warren, 1913
- Ancara griseola (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Ancara kebea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Ancara obliterans Walker, 1858
- Ancara plaesiosema Turner, 1943
- Ancara replicans Walker, 1858
- Ancara rubriviridis Warren, 1911
References
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ancara Walker, 1858". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ancara Walker, 1858". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.