Maurica is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from north-western Africa.
| Maurica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Trichosoma breveti Oberthür, 1882
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The genus was erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984.[1] Originally[2] one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but later[3] it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna.
Species
edit- Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882)
- Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
- Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928)
- Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951)
- Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ de Freina, J. J. & Witt, T. J. (1984). "Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Zwei neue Arctiidaegattungen den westpaläarktischen Faunenbereich: Watsonarctia gen.n. und Maurica gen.n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie. 5 (28): 323-334, Linz.
- ^ Dubatolov, V. V. (2004). "Some generic changes in Arctiinae from South Eurasia with description of three new genera (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 35 (1/2): 73-83, colour plate IVa, Würzburg.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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