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Species Mocis cubana - Hodges#8746.1

Representative Images

Mocis cubana Mocis cubana Mocis cubana Florida Moth - Mocis cubana Florida Moth - Mocis cubana Mocis cubana - female
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Euclidiini
Genus Mocis
Species cubana (Mocis cubana - Hodges#8746.1)

Hodges Number

8746.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mocis cubana Hampson, 1913 (80), (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930946

Numbers

There are five named species of Mocis in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan 40-48 mm. (80), (2)

Identification

Original description online: (80)
Determined Ed Knudson (Texas Lepidoptera Survey)

Range

Southern Texas and southern Florida.
Type: Cuba, Santiago. (80), (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

See Also


Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Hampson, G.F. 1913. Family Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Vol. 13, p. (80)
Lafontaine J.D., and B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 36.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 February, 2013 - 2:49pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Blocky
Last updated 8 February, 2020 - 4:21pm

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