Maurica

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.

Maurica
Scientific classification
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

Species
  • Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882)
    • Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
  • Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928)
    • Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951)
    • Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)

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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