Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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Similar Polydesma umbricola, Achaea catella, Megalorhipida leucodactyla, Dysgonia torrida, Pterophorus wahlbergi | ||
Mocis mayeri is a moth of the Erebidae family. It has a wide range in Africa, which includes Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Etymology
Boisduval dedicated this species to Mr. Gustave Mayer from Mauritius.
References
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