Mocis

Mocis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1]

Mocis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Euclidiini
Genus: Mocis
Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
  • Baratha Walker, 1865
  • Cauninda Moore, 1885
  • Pelamia Guenée, 1852
  • Remigia Guenée, 1852

Lepidopterist David Wagner et al. state about the behaviour of Mocis larvae: "Unlike most catocaline larvae, Mocis caterpillars do not wriggle violently when accosted, but rather simply drop to the ground--a habit shared by many grass feeders--where their coloration blends in with dead, withered grass blades."

Species

Status unclear
  • Mocis punctularis, described as Noctua punctularis Hübner, [1808] from Europe.[2]

Former species
  • Mocis bifasciata (Inoue & Sugi, 1961) (Melapia)
  • Mocis munda (Walker, 1865)
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References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis Hubner 1823". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018.
  2. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
  • Inoue, H. & Sugi, S. (1961). "A new species of the genus Pelamia from Okinawa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Kontyû. 29 (3): 157-158.
  • Kishida, Y. (2010). "Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Japanese Macrolepidoptera (2), with descriptions of 2 new genera". Tinea. 21 (3): 129-135.
  • Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1-239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414


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