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Maurica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Maurica

Higher classification
  
Arctiidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Subtribe
  
Spilosomina

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Maurica is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family from North-Western Africa. Originally one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but later it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna.

Species

  • Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882)
  • Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
  • Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928)
  • Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951)
  • Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)

    • References

    Maurica Wikipedia
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