Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Erebidae Erebinae

• Mocis alterna (Walker, 1858) N.Australia. See [maps]

  • Euclidia alterna Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1833; TL: N.Australia
  • Pseudophia nebuligera Butler, 1886; 413; TL: Australia, Peak Downs
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]

  • Mocis alterna, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Mocis alterna; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
• Mocis ancilla (Warren, 1913) Japan, Amur, NE.China, Korea. See [maps]

  • Cauninda ancilla Warren, 1913; 334, pl. 61 g; TL: Amurland; China; Korea; Japan, Yesso; Kiushin

  • Mocis ancilla; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Fabaceae [RFEL]

• Mocis annetta (Butler, 1878) ..., Korea, Japan. See [maps]

  • Remigia annetta Butler, 1878; 293; TL: Japan, Yokohama, Hakodate
  • Cauninda annetta f. arabesca Bryk, 1948; 123; TL: Korea, Shuotsu
    • = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]

  • Mocis annetta; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
• Mocis antillesia Hampson, 1913 Lesser Antilles, Bahamas

  • Mocis antillesia Hampson, 1913; 79, pl. 223, f. 13; TL: Nevis I.

  • Mocis antillesia; [POOLE]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 29, f. 56-57
• Mocis bahamica Hampson, 1913 Bahamas

  • Mocis bahamica Hampson, 1913; 81, pl. 223, f. 16; TL: Bahamas, Nassau

  • Mocis bahamica; [POOLE]
• Mocis camptogramma Dognin, 1919 Colombia. See [maps]

  • Mocis camptogramma Dognin, 1919; 5; TL: Colombia, Bogota

  • Mocis camptogramma; [POOLE]
• Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858) Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland, S.Africa, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius. See [maps]

  • Remigia conveniens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1507; TL: Congo; Sierra Leone
  • Remigia detersa Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1012; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Ophisma ibona Plötz, 1880; Stettin ent. Ztg 41 (7-9): 300; TL: Abo
    • = ; [AfroMoths]

  • Mocis conveniens, African Moths [AFM]

  • Ophisma ibona; [POOLE]
  • Remigia conveniens; [POOLE]
  • Mocis conveniens; [AfroMoths]
• Mocis cubana Hampson, 1913 Cuba. See [maps]

  • Mocis cubana Hampson, 1913; 80, pl. 223, f. 15; TL: Cuba, Santiago

  • Mocis cubana, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Mocis cubana, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Mocis cubana; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #0946
• Mocis diffluens (Guenée, 1852) Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Brazil. See [maps]

  • Remigia diffluens Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 318; TL: Brazil; Mexico
  • Remigia mensuralis Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1499; TL: Honduras; Jamaica; St. Domingo
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Mocis diffluens; [POOLE]; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 43
• Mocis dipocyma Hampson, 1913 Brazil (Amazonas). See [maps]

  • Mocis dipocyma Hampson, 1913; 101, pl. 223, f. 28; TL: Brazil, Amazonas, Parantins

  • Mocis dipocyma; [POOLE]
• Mocis discios (Kollar, 1844) Himalaya. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa discios Kollar, 1844; 477; TL: Himalaya

  • Mocis discios; [POOLE]
• Mocis disseverans (Walker, 1858) Florida, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic. See [maps]

  • Remigia disseverans Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1495; TL: Florida; Jamaica; St. Domingo
  • Remigia persubtilis Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1497; TL: St. Domingo; Jamaica; Honduras
    • = Mocis disseverens ; [POOLE]
  • Baratha acuta Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1022
    • = ; [NACL], #8746
    • = Mocis disseverens ; [POOLE]

  • Mocis disseverans, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Mocis disseverans, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Mocis disseverans; [NACL], #8746; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #0945; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 43
• Mocis dolosa (Butler, 1880) Taiwan, Japan. See [maps]

  • Plecoptera dolosa Butler, 1880; 678; TL: Formosa
  • Remigia nigrisigna Leech, 1889; 553, pl. 52, f. 5; TL: Japan, Satsuma
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Mocis dolosa; [POOLE]
• Mocis dyndima (Stoll, [1782]) Colombia, ..... See [maps]

  • Phalaena (Noctua) dyndima Stoll, [1782]; 44, 249, pl. 211, f. C
  • Chalciope dindyma Hübner, [1823]; 268 (emend. Phalaena dyndima Stoll, [1782])
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Phurys teligera Walker, 1867; 183; TL: Bogota
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Mocis dyndima; [POOLE]
• Mocis escondida (Schaus, 1901) Brazil (Parana). See [maps]

  • Phurys escondida Schaus, 1901; 84; TL: Parana, Castro

  • Mocis escondida; [POOLE]
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775) Australia, Oriental Tropics, Java, ..., Korea, Japan. See [maps]

  • Noctua frugalis Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 601; TL: India
  • Chalciope lycopodia Geyer, 1837; in Hübner, Zuträge. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5: 25, pl. [154], f. 897-898; TL: Java
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 77; [RFEL]
  • Remigia translata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1015; TL: Ceylon
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 77
    • = (ranslata); [RFEL]
  • nigripunctata (Warren, 1913) (Remigia); Gross-Schmett. Erde 3: 333
    • = ; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 77
  • Mocis frugalis ab. frugalisana Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 41; TL: Nyasaland, SE shore of Lake Nyasa, between Fort Maguire and Fort Johnston
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Mocis frugalis, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Mocis frugalis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Remigia frugalis; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 61, pl. 46, f. 18; Haruta, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 142
  • Mocis frugalis; [POOLE]; [AUCL]; [MOB15&16], 77; [RFEL]

  Larva on Fabaceae , Zingiberaceae , Cyperaceae , Poaceae [RFEL], Andropogon , Eleusin , Oryza , Panicum , Paspalum , Saccharum , Sorghum , Zea , Typhonium , Cyperus , Glycine , Medicago , Vigna [MOB15&16], 77

• Mocis guenei (Möschler, 1880) Surinam. See [maps]

  • Remigia guenei Möschler, 1880; 437, pl. 8, f. 12; TL: Surinam, the interior

  • Mocis guenei; [POOLE]
• Mocis incurvalis Schaus, 1923 Galapagos Is.

  • Mocis incurvalis Schaus, 1923; 41, f. 13; TL: Galapagos Is., Conway Bay

  • Mocis incurvalis; [POOLE]
• Mocis inferna (Leech, 1900) W.China. See [maps]

  • Remigia inferna Leech, 1900; 565; TL: W.China, Wa-shan; Chow-pin-sa; Pu-tsu-fong

  • Mocis inferna; [POOLE]
• Mocis kagosimaensis Kishida, 2010 Japan. See [maps]

  • Mocis kagosimaensis Kishida, 2010; Tinea 21 (3): 129; TL: Japan, Kagoshima, Kagoshima C., Sakuragaoka
• Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) S.USA - Venezuela - Brazil (Amazonas, Parana, Para) - Argentina, Antilles. See [maps]

  • Remigia latipes Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 314; TL: Guadeloupe
  • Ophiusa delinguens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1423; TL: Venezuela
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Remigia exscindens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1500; TL: Brazil, Parana
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Remigia subtilis Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1501; TL: Santarem
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Remigia collata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1010; TL: Para
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Remigia indentata Harvey, 1875; 282; TL: Texas
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NACL], #8743

  • Mocis latipes, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Mocis latipes, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Mocis latipes; [NACL], #8743; [POOLE]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 29, f. 58; [NACL93], #0942; Zahiri, Holloway, Kitching, Lafontaine, Mutanen & Wahlberg, 2012, Syst. Ent. 37 (1): 109; Cock, 2017, Insecta Mundi 585: 43
• Mocis laxa (Walker, 1858) Bengal, Bangladesh. See [maps]

  • Phurys laxa Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1486
  • Drasteria pavona Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 117, f. 9; TL: Darjeeling; Silhet
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Mocis laxa; [POOLE]
• Mocis marcida (Guenée, 1852) NA.Georgia, Florida, .... See [maps]

  • Remigia marcida Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 317; TL: Georgia, Savannah
  • Phurys perlata Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1480; TL: East Florida
    • = ; [NACL], #8744; [POOLE]

  • Mocis marcida, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Mocis marcida, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Mocis marcida; [NACL], #8744; [NACL93], #0943
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833) Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Arabia, Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland, S.Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Reunion. See [maps]

  • Ophiusa mayeri Boisduval, 1833; Faun. ent. Madagascar, Lépid.: 104; TL: Mauritius; Bourbon
  • Remigia pellita Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 319; TL: Cafrerie
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Remigia jugalis Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1505; TL: Sierra Leone; Congo
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Remigia mutuata Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1505; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Remigia associata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1010; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Hypaetra diffundens Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 963; TL: Sierra Leone
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Remigia inconcisa Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1013; TL: Mauritius
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Ophiusa subaenescens Walker, 1869; Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow 1 (2): 361, pl. 6, f. 9; TL: Congo
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]

  • Mocis mayeri, African Moths [AFM]

  • Mocis mayeri; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Mocis munda (Walker, 1865)

  • Remigia munda Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1020

  • Mocis munda; [POOLE]
• Mocis mutuaria (Walker, 1858) Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, S.Africa, Namibia, Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Remigia mutuaria Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1506; TL: Cape
  • Ophiusa judicans Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 15: 1831; TL: Port Natal
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Grammodes insulsa Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monats. 4 (6): 173; TL: Caffraria
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Remigia torpida Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1013; TL: Sout Africa
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Ophiusa nigrimacula Mabille, 1880; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 9: 347; TL: Madagascar
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
  • Mocis mutuaria ab. mutuarides Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 41; TL: Malawi, Nyasaland, S Valley of Rukuru River, 3000ft

  • Mocis mutuaria, African Moths [AFM]

  • Mocis mutuaria; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Mocis paraguayica Hampson, 1913 Paraguay. See [maps]

  • Mocis paraguayica Hampson, 1913; 90, f. 24; TL: Paraguay, Sapucay

  • Mocis paraguayica; [POOLE]
• Mocis persinuosa (Hampson, 1910) Nigeria, Zaire, Zambia. See [maps]

  • Remigia persinuosa Hampson, 1910; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1910 (2): 425, pl. 37, f. 16; TL: Congo, Katanga, Kambove

  • Mocis persinuosa, African Moths [AFM]

  • Mocis persinuosa; [POOLE]; [AfroMoths]
• Mocis phasianoides (Guenée, 1852) Uruguay. See [maps]

  • Pelamia phasianoides Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 286; TL: Paraguay, Montevideo

  • Mocis phasianoides; [POOLE]
• Mocis propugnata (Leech, 1900) W.China. See [maps]

  • Remigia propugnata Leech, 1900; 566; TL: W.China, Pu-tsu-fong; Kei-chow

  • Mocis propugnata; [POOLE]
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000 Sierra Leone, Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Zaire, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, S.Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, Arabia, ..., Comoros, Mauritius. See [maps]

  • Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000; Eur. J. Ent. 97 (3): 420; TL: Ghana, Aburi

  • Mocis proverai, African Moths [AFM]

  • Mocis proverai; [AfroMoths]
• Mocis ramifera Hampson, 1913 Peru. See [maps]

  • Mocis ramifera Hampson, 1913; 100, pl. 223, f. 27; TL: Peru, Callao

  • Mocis ramifera; [POOLE]
• Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794) Antilles?, Guatemala?, ..., Comoros, Seyschelles, Reunion, Zaire, Somalia, Uganda. See [maps]

  • Noctua repanda Fabricius, 1794; Ent. Syst. 3 (2): 49; TL: "America Insuilis Meridionalis" [error]
  • Noctua punctularis Hübner, [1808]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4]: pl. 78, f. 364; TL: Europe
    • = ; [AfroMoths]
  • Remigia megas Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 317; TL: St. Thomas I.
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Remigia remanens Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1498; TL: St. Doming
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Remigia alipes Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (4): pl. 117, f. 12; TL: Guatemala
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Mocis repanda ab. ♀ repandana Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 41; TL: America [Error]
  • Mocis repanda ab. ♀ repandella Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 41; TL: America [Error]
  • Mocis repanda ab. ♂ repandoides Strand, 1917; Archiv Naturg. 82 A (2): 41; TL: America [Error]

  • Mocis repanda, African Moths [AFM]

  • Mocis (unrecognized) punctularis; [POOLE]
  • Mocis repanda; [POOLE]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 29, f. 59-60; [AfroMoths]

  Larva on Mucuna deeringiana

• Mocis sobria (Möschler, 1880) Surinam, Brazil. See [maps]

  • Remigia sobria Möschler, 1880; 436, pl. 9, f. 42; TL: Surinam; Brazil

  • Mocis sobria; [POOLE]
• Mocis texana (Morrison, 1875) Texas, .... See [maps]

  • Remigia latipes var. texana Morrison, 1875; 212, 219; TL: Texas, Waco
  • Remigia hexastylus Harvey, 1875; 282; TL: Canada to Texas
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NACL], #8745

  • Mocis texana, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Mocis texana, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Mocis texana; [NACL], #8745; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #0944
• Mocis trifasciata (Stephens, 1830) Samoa, Fiji

  • Catephia trifasciata Stephens, 1830; 128; TL: "Great Britain, Barham" [error]
  • Remigia demonstrans Walker, 1858; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 14: 1512; TL: Navigator's I.
    • = ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
  • Remigia discrepans Butler, 1886; 415; TL: Viti Islands
    • = ; [AUCL]; [POOLE]
  • uniformis Strand, 1917
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Mocis trifasciata, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Mocis trifasciata; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
• Mocis undata (Fabricius, 1775) Tropical Africa, Oriental Tropics, Java, Borneo, ..., Korea, Japan. See [maps]

  • Noctua undata Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 600; TL: East Indies
  • Phalaena archesia Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 145, 173, pl. 273, f. F, G; TL: Cote de Coromandel
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 75; [RFEL]
  • Phalaena virbia Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 146, pl. 273, f. H; TL: Cote de Coromandel
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 75; [RFEL]
  • Remigia gregalis Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 7 (Noct. 3): 320; TL: Java
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 75; [RFEL]
  • Ophiusa velata Walker, [1863]; 180; TL: Borneo, Sarawak
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 75; [RFEL]
  • Remigia bifasciata Walker, 1865; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 33: 1014; TL: Ceylon
    • = ; [POOLE]; [MOB15&16], 75; [RFEL]
  • Cauninda undata bifasciata Warren, 1913; 333 (preocc. Remigia bifasciata Walker, 1865); TL: Philippines
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • uberia Wileman, 1923; Entomologist 56: 190
    • = ; [MOB15&16], 75

  • Mocis undata, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Remigia undata;
  • Mocis undata; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 211; [POOLE]; Haruta, 1993, Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 61, pl. 46, f. 19; Haruta, 1994, Tinea 14 (Suppl. 1): 142; [MOB15&16], 75; [RFEL]

  918x879 (~121Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin Mocis undata det. Albert Legrain

  Larva on Fabaceae [RFEL], Cytisus , Desmodium , Wisteria , Arachis , Butea , Cajanus , Calopogonium , Crotalaria , Derris , Glycine , Indigofera , Mucuna , Phaseolus , Pueraria , Rhynchosia , Tephrosia , Vigna , Shorea , Hevea , Gossupium , Nephelium , Solanum [MOB15&16], 75-76

• Mocis undifera Hampson, 1913 Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Mocis undifera Hampson, 1913; 101, pl. 223, f. 29; TL: Ecuador, Guayaquiil

  • Mocis undifera; [POOLE]
• Mocis vitiensis Hampson, 1913 Fiji

  • Mocis vitiensis Hampson, 1913; 89, pl. 223, f. 22; TL: Fiji

  • Mocis vitiensis; [POOLE]
• Mocis xylomiges (Snellen, 1880) Celebes. See [maps]

  • Remigia xylomiges Snellen, 1880; 106, pl. 6, f. 7; TL: Celebes

  • Mocis xylomiges; [POOLE]

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