Mocis proverai: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Mocis
- Species
- Mocis proverai
- Scientific Name
- Mocis proverai
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mocis proverai
Mocis proverai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli in 2000. It is found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
In a recent publication Mocis frugalis, that is found in Asia and Australia was promoted to a separate species. Both species can be distinguished with microscopic examination of the genitalia.
The length of the forewings is 18–21 millimetres (0.71–0.83 in).
The larvae feed on various grasses like sugarcane and oat.
...Mocis proverai in languages:
- English
- African Sugarcane Semilooper
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mocis alterna
- Mocis ancilla
- Mocis annetta
- Mocis antillesia
- Mocis bahamica
- Mocis camptogramma
- Mocis conveniens
- Mocis cubana
- Mocis diffluens
- Mocis diplocyma
- Mocis discios
- Mocis disseverans
- Mocis dolosa
- Mocis dyndima
- Mocis escondida
- Mocis exscindens
- Mocis frugalis
- Mocis guenei
- Mocis incurvalis
- Mocis inferna
- Mocis kagoshimaensis
- Mocis latipes
- Mocis laxa
- Mocis lycophotia
- Mocis lycopodia
- Mocis marcida
- Mocis mayeri
- Mocis megas
- Mocis mutuaria
- Mocis paraguayica
- Mocis persinuosa
- Mocis phasianoides
- Mocis propugnata
- Mocis proverai
- Mocis repanda
- Mocis texana
- Mocis translata
- Mocis trifasciata
- Mocis undata
- Mocis undifera
- Mocis vitiensis
- Mocis xylomiges
- Remigia latipes











































































































