Maurica

Genus of moths

Maurica

Scientific classification
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

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

## References

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1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
2. ^ 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.
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.

* Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

Taxon identifiers

Maurica|

* Wikidata: Q6792797
* Wikispecies: Maurica
* BioLib: 524051
* ButMoth: 17233.0
* Fauna Europaea: 447028
* Fauna Europaea (new): 874cc532-6f83-4daa-b6c3-8acdd838a7d7
* GBIF: 1815622
* Insecta.pro: 1237
* IRMNG: 1339112
* LepIndex: 43256
* NCBI: 695164
* Open Tree of Life: 3185324

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