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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea | 
| Family: | Erebidae | 
| Tribe: | Euclidiini | 
| Genus: | Mocis Hübner, [1823]  | 
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Mocis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.[1]
Lepidopterist 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 camptogramma Dognin, 1919
 - 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 escondida (Schaus, 1901)
 - Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
 - Mocis guenei (Möschler, 1880)
 - Mocis incurvalis Schaus, 1923
 - Mocis inferna (Leech, 1900)
 - Mocis kagoshimaensis Kishida, 2010
 - 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 mutuaria (Walker, 1858) (= M. insulsa, M. judicans, M. nigrimacula, M. torpida)
 - Mocis paraguayica Hampson, 1913
 - Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910)
 - Mocis phasianoides (Guenee, 1852)
 - Mocis propugnata (Leech, 1900)
 - Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
 - 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)
 
Status unclear
- Mocis punctularis, described as Noctua punctularis Hübner, [1808] from Europe.[2]
 
Former species
- Mocis bifasciata (Inoue & Sugi, 1961) (Melapia)
 - Mocis munda (Walker, 1865)
 
References
- ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mocis Hubner 1823". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018.
 - ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
 
- Inoue, H. & Sugi, S. (1961). "A new species of the genus Pelamia from Okinawa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Kontyû. 29 (3): 157–158.
 - Kishida, Y. (2010). "Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Japanese Macrolepidoptera (2), with descriptions of 2 new genera". Tinea. 21 (3): 129–135.
 - Lafontaine, J. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 1–239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
 
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Mocis.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mocis.
- Savela, Markku (July 6, 2019). "Mocis Hübner, [1823]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
 - Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
 - Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mocis Hübner". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
 
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