Maurica

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Maurica
Species: M. breveti – M. joiceyi
Name

Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984

Type-species: Trichosoma breveti Oberthür, 1882
References

de Freina, Josef J. & Thomas J. Witt, 1984: Taxonomische veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Zwei neue Arctiidaegattungen für den Westpaläarktischen faunenbereich: Watsonarctia gen. n. und Maurica gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae), Entomofauna 5 (28): 323–334.
Dubatolov, V.V., 2004: Some generic changes in Arctiinae from South Eurasia with description of three new genera (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 35 (1/2): 73–83, colour plate IVa.

Maurica is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae from north-western Africa. The genus was erected by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 1984.[1] Originally[2] one species more was included into the genus, M. bellieri (Lederer, 1855) from the Near East; but later[3] it was returned into the genus Ocnogyna.
Species

Maurica breveti (Oberthür, 1882)
Maurica breveti powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
Maurica joiceyi (Talbot, 1928)
Maurica joiceyi chneouri (Rungs, 1951)
Maurica joiceyi monticola (Reisser, 1934)

References

Savela, Markku. "Maurica de Freina & Witt, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
de Freina, J. J. & Witt, T. J. (1984). "Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Zwei neue Arctiidaegattungen den westpaläarktischen Faunenbereich: Watsonarctia gen.n. und Maurica gen.n. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Entomofauna. Zeitschrift für Entomologie. 5 (28): 323-334, Linz.

Dubatolov, V. V. (2004). "Some generic changes in Arctiinae from South Eurasia with description of three new genera (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Atalanta. 35 (1/2): 73-83, colour plate IVa, Würzburg.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.