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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.[1]

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Melanocera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Tribe: Bunaeini
Genus: Melanocera
Sonthonnax, 1901
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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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