Mocis

Mocis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Tribe:Euclidiini
Genus:Mocis
Hübner, [1823][1]
Synonyms
  • Baratha Walker, 1865
  • Cauninda Moore, 1885
  • Pelamia Guenée, 1852
  • Remigia Guenée, 1852

Mocis is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.

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

References

  • Inoue, H. & S. Sugi, 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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