Mocis mayeri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833.[1] It has a wide range in Africa, which includes Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2]
Mocis mayeri | |
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Mocis mayeri, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Mocis |
Species: | M. mayeri |
Binomial name | |
Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) | |
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Boisduval dedicated this species to Mr. Gustave Mayer from Mauritius.[3]
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mocis mayeri | |
Remigia mayeri |
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