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Mocis mayeri

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Species of moth

Mocis mayeri
From KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Mocis
Species: M. mayeri
Binomial name
Mocis mayeri
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Ophiusa mayeri Boisduval, 1833
  • Remigia associata Walker, 1865
  • Hypaetra diffundens Walker, 1865
  • Remigia inconcisa Walker, 1865
  • Remigia jugalis Walker, 1858
  • Remigia pellita Guenee, 1852
  • Ophiusa subaenescens Walker, 1869

Mocis mayeri is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It has a wide range in Africa, which includes Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, 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.

Etymology

Boisduval dedicated this species to Mr. Gustave Mayer from Mauritius.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis mayeri (Boisduval 1833)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. Boisduval, J. B. A. (1833). Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice: 104.
Taxon identifiers
Mocis mayeri
Remigia mayeri


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