Mocis

Mocis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Tribe:	Euclidiini
Genus:	Mocis Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms
Baratha Walker, 1865 Cauninda Moore, 1885 Pelamia Guenée, 1852 Remigia Guenée, 1852

Mocis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1]

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 (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 Hübner, [1808] from Europe.[2]

Former species

• Mocis bifasciata (Inoue & Sugi, 1961) (Melapia)
• Mocis munda (Walker, 1865)

References

1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis Hubner 1823". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018.
2. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

• Inoue, H. & Sugi, S. (1961). "A new species of the genus Pelamia from Okinawa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Kontyû. 29 (3): 157–158.
• Kishida, Y. (2010). "Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Japanese Macrolepidoptera (2), with descriptions of 2 new genera". Tinea. 21 (3): 129–135.
• Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414

External links

• Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Mocis Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mocis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 7, 2019.