Tochara

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Tochara
Pl.6-27-Hypospila creberrima Walker, 1858 (syn.Tochara obliqua).JPG
Tochara creberrima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Genus: Tochara
Moore, 1882

Tochara is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

This genus resembles Hypospila with the differences of a long, bipectinated antennae in the male, a longer third segment of the labial palps and a distinctive dark spot on the hindwings. [1]

Species

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