Mursa (moth) explained

Mursa is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Herminiinae of the family Noctuidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Mursa fuscireticulata (Kaye, 1901)
• Mursa gracilis (Möschler, 1890)
• Mursa imitatrix (Warren, 1889)
• Mursa phtisialis (Guenée, 1854)
• Mursa sotiusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Mursa subrufa (Warren, 1889)

Notes and References

1. Zahiri. Reza. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology. 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. 37. 102–124. free.
2. Lafontaine. Donald. Schmidt. Christian. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 19 Mar 2010. 40 . 26. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. L&S2010. free. 2010ZooK...40....1L .