Maurica
Encyclopedia
Maurica is a genus
of moth
s in the Arctiidae
family from North-Western Africa
. Originally one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer
, 1855) from the Near East
; but later it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
family from North-Western Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Originally one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer
Lederer
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, 1855) from the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
; but later it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna
Ocnogyna
Ocnogyna is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family from Western Eurasia.-Species:* Ocnogyna advena * Ocnogyna bellieri ** Ocnogyna bellieri berytta * Ocnogyna boeticum Rambur, 1836...
.
Species
- Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882)
- Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
- Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928)
- Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951)
- Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)