Mocis

Mocis
Mocis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mocis
Hübner, [1823]
Synonyms

Baratha Walker[verification needed]
Cauninda Moore[verification needed]
Pelamia Guenée[verification needed]
Remigia Guenée[verification needed]

Mocis is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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 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 frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Mocis guenei (Möschler, 1880)
  • Mocis incurvalis Schaus, 1923
  • Mocis inferna (Leech, 1900)
  • 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 matuaria (Walker, 1858)
  • Mocis mutuata (Walker, 1858) (= M. insulsa, M. judicans, M. nigrimacula, M. torpida)
  • Mocis paraguayica Hampson, 1913
  • Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910)
  • Mocis propugnata (Leech, 1900)
  • Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
  • Mocis punctularis (Hübner, [1808])
  • 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)

References

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