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Genus of moths

Maurica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Maurica
de Freina & Witt, 1984
Type species
Trichosoma breveti
Oberthür, 1882

Maurica is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from north-western Africa.

The genus was erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984. Originally one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but later it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna.

Species

  • Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882)
    • Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
  • Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928)
    • Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951)
    • Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. de Freina, J. J. & Witt, T. J. (1984). "Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Zwei neue Arctiidaegattungen den westpaläarktischen Faunenbereich: Watsonarctia gen.n. und Maurica gen.n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie. 5 (28): 323-334, Linz.
  3. Dubatolov, V. V. (2004). "Some generic changes in Arctiinae from South Eurasia with description of three new genera (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 35 (1/2): 73-83, colour plate IVa, Würzburg.
Taxon identifiers
Maurica


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