Mocis mayeri
Mocis mayeri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833.[1] It has a wide range in Africa, which includes Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, RĂ©union, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Mocis |
Species: | M. mayeri |
Binomial name | |
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) | |
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Etymology
Boisduval dedicated this species to Mr. Gustave Mayer from Mauritius.[3]
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References
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis mayeri (Boisduval 1833)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- Boisduval, J. B. A. (1833). Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice: 104.
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