Maurica

Maurica
Scientific classification
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

Maurica is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from north-western Africa.

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

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

References

^ 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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[1] Savela, Markku. "Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.

[dfw84-2] 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.

[dvv04-3] 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.

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