''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 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 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
''Mocis conveniens'', the pale brown lines, is a moth of the family Erebidae.
It has a wide range in Africa south of the Sahara, from Ethiopia to Sierra Leone and from Sudan to South Africa. Its presence has also been stated in Yemen
Yeme ...
''
(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''
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/small> from Europe.[Poole, R. W. (1989). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus'' (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. .]
Former species
* ''
Mocis bifasciata''
(Inoue & Sugi, 1961) (''
Melapia'')
* ''
Mocis munda''
(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 P ...
''. 40: 1–239.
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