''Mazuca'' 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 nom ...
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 w ...
s of the family
Noctuidae found in
Sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1866.
Species
*''
Mazuca amoena''
Jordan, 1933 Zaire
*''
Mazuca dulcis
''Mazuca'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was erected by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1866.
Species
*''Mazuca amoena'' Jordan, 1933 Zaire
*''Mazuca dulcis'' Jordan, 1933 Nig ...
''
Jordan, 1933 Nigeria
*''
Mazuca elegantissima''
Janse, 1930 southern Africa
*''
Mazuca haemagrapha''
Hampson, 1910 Ghana
*''
Mazuca roseistriga''
Fletcher, 1963 Malawi
*''
Mazuca strigicincta''
Walker, 1866 Nigeria, Cameroons, Malawi – Pikachu moth
References
Hadeninae
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