Oncocera

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Oncocera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Oncocera
Stephens, 1829 [1]
Synonyms
  • PollichiaRoesler, 1980

Oncocera is a genus of snout moths. It was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829.

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Oncocera Stephens, 1829". Afromoths. Retrieved December 9, 2017.

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