Mocis mayeri

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Euclidiini
Genus: Mocis
Species: M. mayeri
Binomial name
Mocis mayeri
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa mayeri Boisduval, 1833
  • Remigia associata Walker, 1865
  • Hypaetra diffundens Walker, 1865
  • Remigia inconcisa Walker, 1865
  • Remigia jugalis Walker, 1858
  • Remigia pellita Guenee, 1852
  • Ophiusa subaenescens Walker, 1869

Mocis mayeri is a moth of the Erebidae family. It has a wide range in Africa, which includes Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2]

Etymology

Boisduval dedicated this species to Mr. Gustave Mayer from Mauritius.[3]

References

  1. ↑ taxapad.com
  2. ↑ "Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)". Afro Moths. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Boisduval, J. B. A., 1833. Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice, page 104
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