Mocis mayeri explained

Mocis mayeri is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833.[1] It has a wide range in Africa, which includes Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is also found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[2]

Etymology

Boisduval dedicated this species to Mr. Gustave Mayer from Mauritius.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Mocis mayeri (Boisduval 1833) . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20160326042949/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86002377 . March 26, 2016.
  2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . 2017 . Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) . Afromoths . November 18, 2017.
  3. Boisduval, J. B. A. (1833). Faune entomologique de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice: 104.

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