Maurica

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Maurica
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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. [1] Originally [2] one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri(Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but later [3] it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna .

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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.


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