''Maurica'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
from north-western Africa.
The genus was erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984.
Originally
[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.] one species more was included into the genus, ''M. bellieri''
( Lederer, 1855) from the
Near East
The Near East () is a transcontinental region around the Eastern Mediterranean encompassing the historical Fertile Crescent, the Levant, Anatolia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The term was invented in the 20th ...
; but later
[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.] it was returned into the genus ''
Ocnogyna''.
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
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Spilosomina
Moth genera
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