Mocis

Mocis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Euclidiini
Genus:	Mocis; Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
	Baratha Walker, 1865; Cauninda Moore, 1885; Pelamia Guenée, 1852; Remigia Guenée, 1852;

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 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

Mocis alterna (Walker, 1858)
Mocis ancilla (Warren, 1913)
Mocis annetta (Butler, 1878) (= M. arabesca)
Mocis antillesia Hampson, 1913
Mocis bahamica Hampson, 1913
Mocis camptogramma Dognin, 1919
Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858) (= M. detersa)
Mocis cubana Hampson, 1913
Mocis diffluens (Guenée, 1852)
Mocis diplocyma Hampson, 1913
Mocis discios Kollar, 1844
Mocis disseverans (Walker, 1858)
Mocis dolosa (Butler, 1880) (= M. nigrisigna)
Mocis dyndima (Stoll, 1782) (= M. dindyma, M. teligera)
Mocis escondida (Schaus, 1901)
Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis guenei (Möschler, 1880)
Mocis incurvalis Schaus, 1923
Mocis inferna (Leech, 1900)
Mocis kagoshimaensis Kishida, 2010
Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) (= M. collata, M. delinquens, M. exscindens, M. indentata, M. subtilis)
Mocis laxa (Walker, 1858) (= M. pavona)
Mocis marcida (Guenée, 1852)
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) (= M. associata, M. diffundens, M. inconcisa, M. jugalis, M. pellita, M. subaenescens)
Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858) (= M. insulsa, M. judicans, M. nigrimacula, M. torpida)
Mocis paraguayica Hampson, 1913
Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910)
Mocis phasianoides (Guenee, 1852)
Mocis propugnata (Leech, 1900)
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mocis ramifera Hampson, 1913
Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
Mocis sobria (Möschler, 1880)
Mocis texana (Morrison, 1875)
Mocis trifasciata (Stephens, 1830) (= M. demonstrans, M. discrepans)
Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775)
Mocis undifera Hampson, 1913
Mocis vitiensis Hampson, 1913
Mocis xylomiges (Snellen, 1880)

Status unclear

Mocis punctularis, described as Noctua punctularis Hübner, [1808] from Europe.

Former species

Mocis bifasciata (Inoue & Sugi, 1961) (Melapia)
Mocis munda (Walker, 1865)

References

↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis Hubner 1823". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018.
↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

Inoue, H. & Sugi, S. (1961). "A new species of the genus Pelamia from Okinawa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Kontyû. 29 (3): 157–158.
Kishida, Y. (2010). "Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Japanese Macrolepidoptera (2), with descriptions of 2 new genera". Tinea. 21 (3): 129–135.
Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414

External links

Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Mocis Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mocis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

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[1] Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis Hubner 1823". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018.

[2] Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.