Maurica Explained

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

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 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.