Mazuca

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Mazuca
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Mazuca strigicincta , the Pikachu moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Psaphidini
Genus: Mazuca
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • MilaAurivillius, 1892

Mazuca is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae found in Sub-Saharan Africa. [1] The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866. [2] [3] [4]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (June 10, 2019). "Mazuca Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mazuca​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mazuca Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 20, 2020.


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