Mocis
Sign in to saveMocis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 95
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- YPM, MHNCA, EMEC
- Recorded in
- United States, Jamaica, Mexico, Nepal, Micronesia, Federated States Of, Kenya, Indonesia, Cuba
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Mocis mayeri mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)-51mm 020.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mocis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Mocis
- Commons category
- Mocis
- taxon synonym
- Remigia
- has host
- Saccharum officinarum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mocis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
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."
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