Mazuca

Mazuca is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1] The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1866.[2][3][4]

Mazuca
Mazuca strigicincta, the Pikachu moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Mazuca

Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Mila Aurivillius, 1892

Species
  • Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933 Zaire
  • Mazuca dulcis Jordan, 1933 Nigeria
  • Mazuca elegantissima Janse, 1930 southern Africa
  • Mazuca haemagrapha Hampson, 1910 Ghana
  • Mazuca roseistriga Fletcher, 1963 Malawi
  • Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866 Nigeria, Cameroons, Malawi – Pikachu moth

References
  1. "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  2. Savela, Markku (June 10, 2019). "Mazuca Walker, 1866". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mazuca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mazuca Walker, 1866". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 20, 2020.


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