Mocis

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: Erebinae
Tribus: Euclidiini
Genus: Mocis
Species: M. bifasciata – M. cubana – M. disseverans – M. kagoshimaensis – M. latipes – M. marcida – M. texana
Name

Mocis Hübner, [1823]

Type species: Phalaena virbia Cramer, [1780]
Synonyms

Remigia Guenée, 1852
Pelamia Guenée, 1852
Baratha Walker, 1865
Cauninda Moore, 1885

References

Inoue, H. & S. Sugi, 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 Reference page.

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