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)...
- 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...
- 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...
- Helicoceras nebrascense (M**** and Hayden, 1856) Heteroceras nebrascense (M**** and Hayden, 1856) Heteroceras simplicostatum Whitfield, 1902 Nostoceras (Didymoceras)...
- 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...
- (butterfly moths). In this taxonomic scheme, moths belong to the suborder Heterocera. Other taxonomic schemes have been proposed, the most common putting the...
- Sivasankaran; Ignacimuthi, Savarimuthu (1 March 2018). "The moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of vagamon hills (Western Ghats), Idukki district, Kerala, India". researchgate...
- Philippine Heterocera. RJ West, Novitates Zoologicae 37, 207-228, 1932. Holloway, Jeremy D., 1990, The Limacodidae of Sumatra. Heterocera Sumatrana Society...
- Oecophoridae, Gelechiidae et C****utidae (Lepidoptera Heterocera) [Contribution to the study of Heterocera of Reunion Island: description of six new species...