''Marca'' 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 of 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Max Saalmüller
Max Saalmüller (26 November 1832 in Römhild, Germany – 12 October 1890 in Bockenheim (Frankfurt am Main), Bockenheim) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel and Germany, German entomologist.
List of works
* Illustrations for ''Der Heerwurm'' ...
in 1891.
Species
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Marca arcuata''
(Bethune-Baker, 1911)
*''
Marca griseonigralis''
Viette, 1954
*''
Marca proclinata''
Saalmüller, 1891
*''
Marca tristalis''
Viette, 1956
*''
Marca univocalis''
Viette, 1956
References
*Saalmüller, M. & von Heyden, L. (1891). "Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera": 247–531, pls. 7–14.
Calpinae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Max Saalmüller
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