Rancora
Encyclopedia
Rancora was a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family, it is now considered a synonym of Cucullia
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family, it is now considered a synonym of Cucullia
Cucullia
Cucullia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-Species:* Cucullia absinthii Linnaeus, 1761* Cucullia achilleae Guenée, 1852* Cucullia aksuana Draudt, 1935...
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Former species
- Rancora albicinerea J.B. Smith, 1903
- Rancora albida J.B. Smith, 1894
- Rancora brucei J.B. Smith, 1903
- Rancora comstocki McDunnough, 1937
- Rancora ketchikana Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
- Rancora serraticornis Lintner, 1874
- Rancora solidaginis Strecker, 1874
- Rancora strigata J.B. Smith, 1892