Mocis texana

Mocis texana, the Texas mocis, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in eastern North America, from southern Ontario, south to Florida, west to Texas to Minnesota.

Mocis texana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Mocis
Species:
M. texana
Binomial name
Mocis texana
(Morrison, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Remigia latipes texana Morrison, 1875
  • Mocis hexastylus (Harvey, 1875)
  • Remigia hexastylus Harvey, 1875

The wingspan is 42–50 millimetres (1.7–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Digitaria species.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis texana (Morrison 1875)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.


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