Definition of Heterocera. Meaning of Heterocera. Synonyms of Heterocera

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Definition of Heterocera

Heterocera
Heterocera Het`e*roc"e*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? other + ? horn.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antenn[ae] variable in form.

Meaning of Heterocera from wikipedia

- that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera)...
- Macrobathra heterocera is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has...
- Heteroceras is a genus of Lower Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites belonging to the ancyloceratoidean family, Heteroceratidae. It is characterized by a...
- Sozusa heterocera is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in South Africa. De Prins, J. & De Prins...
- (butterfly moths). In this taxonomic scheme, moths belong to the suborder Heterocera. Other taxonomic schemes have been proposed, the most common putting the...
- and The Lepidoptera Heterocera of Ceylon (1893) as parts 8 and 9 of Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera of the British Museum...
- found in Colombia and Ecuador. Schaus, W. (1933). "XLVI.—New species of Heterocera in the National Museum, Washington". Annals and Magazine of Natural History...
- of many species' wings suggesting the color of butter. The species of Heterocera are commonly called moths. The origins of the English word moth are clearer...
- Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part VII. - Lepidoptera Heterocera, London, p. 1707, Wikidata Q112147530{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location...
- genus Eupterote Hübner [1822] from Sumatra (Lepidoptera, Eupterotidae). Heterocera Sumatrana 2 (7): 169–174. Nässig, W.A., 2000: A new and remarkable species...