''Mocis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s in the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1823.
Lepidopterist David Wagner et al. state about the behaviour of ''Mocis'' larvae: "Unlike most catocaline larvae, ''Mocis'' caterpillars do not wriggle violently when accosted, but rather simply drop to the ground--a habit shared by many grass feeders--where their coloration blends in with dead, withered grass blades."
Species
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Mocis alterna
''Mocis alterna'', the bean looper, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found in the Australian state of Queensland.
The wingspan is about .
The larvae feed on ''Phaseolus
''Phase ...
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(Walker, 1858)
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Mocis ancilla
''Mocis ancilla'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 mac ...
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(Warren, 1913)
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Mocis annetta
''Mocis annetta'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Russia (south-eastern Siberia, Amur, Ussuri, Primorje), China (Shaanxi), Korea, Taiwan and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).
The wingspan is .
References
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(Butler, 1878) (= ''M. arabesca'')
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Mocis antillesia
''Mocis antillesia''Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the Lesser Antilles, Bahamas and British Virgin Islands
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis bahamica
''Mocis bahamica'' Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bah ...
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis camptogramma
''Mocis camptogramma'' is a species of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be a ...
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Dognin, 1919
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Mocis conveniens''
(Walker, 1858) (= ''M. detersa'')
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Mocis cubana''
Hampson, 1913
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Mocis diffluens
''Mocis diffluens''Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among ...
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(Guenée, 1852)
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Mocis diplocyma
''Mocis diplocyma''Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South America, including Brazil and French Guiana
French Guiana ( o ...
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis discios
''Mocis discios''Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Himalaya.
References
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Kollar, 1844
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Mocis disseverans
''Mocis disseverans'', the yellow mocis moth,Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Caribbean and parts of the southern United S ...
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(Walker, 1858)
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Mocis dolosa
''Mocis dolosa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 macr ...
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(Butler, 1880) (= ''M. nigrisigna'')
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Mocis dyndima
''Mocis dyndima'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 macr ...
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(Stoll, 1782) (= ''M. dindyma'', ''M. teligera'')
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Mocis escondida
''Mocis escondida''Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The fami ...
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(Schaus, 1901)
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Mocis frugalis
''Mocis frugalis'', the sugarcane looper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in several parts of the world, including India, Sri Lanka, West African countries and o ...
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(Fabricius, 1775)
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Mocis guenei
''Mocis guenei'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northe ...
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(Möschler, 1880)
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Mocis incurvalis
''Mocis incurvalis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on the Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are distributed on each side of the equator in th ...
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Schaus, 1923
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Mocis inferna
''Mocis inferna'' Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a ...
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(Leech, 1900)
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Mocis kagoshimaensis
''Mocis kagoshimaensis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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-kno ...
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Kishida, 2010
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Mocis latipes''
(Guenée, 1852) (= ''M. collata'', ''M. delinquens'', ''M. exscindens'', ''M. indentata'', ''M. subtilis'')
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Mocis laxa
''Mocis laxa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 macromo ...
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(Walker, 1858) (= ''M. pavona'')
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Mocis marcida''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Mocis mayeri
''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, Ghan ...
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(Boisduval, 1833) (= ''M. associata'', ''M. diffundens'', ''M. inconcisa'', ''M. jugalis'', ''M. pellita'', ''M. subaenescens'')
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Mocis mutuaria
''Mocis mutuaria'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 mac ...
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(Walker, 1858) (= ''M. insulsa'', ''M. judicans'', ''M. nigrimacula'', ''M. torpida'')
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Mocis paraguayica
''Mocis paraguayica'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 ...
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis persinuosa
''Mocis persinuosa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a 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 m ...
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(Hampson, 1910)
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Mocis phasianoides
''Mocis phasianoides'' is a species of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be a ...
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(Guenee, 1852)
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Mocis propugnata
''Mocis propugnata'' is a species of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be app ...
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(Leech, 1900)
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Mocis proverai
''Mocis proverai'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli in 2000. It is found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
In a recent publication ''Mocis frugalis'', that is found in Asia and Australia was promoted to a se ...
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Zilli, 2000
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Mocis ramifera
''Mocis ramifera''Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South America, including Peru
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis repanda
''Mocis repanda'', the striped grass looper, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Central America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadelou ...
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(Fabricius, 1794)
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Mocis sobria
''Mocis sobria'' is a species of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approxi ...
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(Möschler, 1880)
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Mocis texana''
(Morrison, 1875)
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Mocis trifasciata
''Mocis trifasciata'' Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae''. CRC Press. , . is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the south-west Pacific region, including Samoa, Fiji, Hawaii, New Zeal ...
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(Stephens, 1830) (= ''M. demonstrans'', ''M. discrepans'')
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Mocis undata
''Mocis undata'', the brown-striped semilooper, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, including India and Sri Lanka.
Descri ...
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(Fabricius, 1775)
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Mocis undifera
''Mocis undifera'' Poole, R. W. (1989). ''. CRC Press. , . is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in South America, including Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially th ...
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis vitiensis
''Mocis vitiensis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and E ...
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Hampson, 1913
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Mocis xylomiges
''Mocis xylomiges'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Indonesia ( Sulawesi, Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
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(Snellen, 1880)
Status unclear
* ''Mocis punctularis'', described as ''Noctua punctularis''
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Former species
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Mocis bifasciata
''Mocis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Lepidopterist David Wagner et al. state about the behaviour of ''Mocis'' larvae: "Unlike most catocaline larvae, ''Mocis'' caterpillars do not ...
''
(Inoue & Sugi, 1961) (''
Melapia
''Melapia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many o ...
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Mocis munda
''Mocis repanda'', the striped grass looper, is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in Central America and the Caribbean, including Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe ...
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(Walker, 1865)
References
* (1961). "A new species of the genus ''Pelamia'' from Okinawa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". ''Kontyû''. 29 (3): 157–158.
* (2010). "Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Japanese Macrolepidoptera (2), with descriptions of 2 new genera". ''Tinea''. 21 (3): 129–135.
* & (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''
ZooKeys
''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the editor-in-chief is Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution). It is published by Pensoft Publ ...
''. 40: 1–239.
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